Hello and welcome to the start of a new workweek.
You’re watching Press Perspective for Monday April 14th.
I’m Min Sunhee.
Preparations are well underway for South Korea’s early presidential race and today we touch upon partisan primary election plans and potential pledges of broader interest.
For more I have Steven Borowiec with Japanese weekly news magazine Nikkei Asia.
Steven welcome back.
I also have Celio Fioretti with French daily La Croix.
Celio it’s good to have you here.
1) Steven, first then, what can you tell us about the partisan primary election plan of the People Power Party.
2) Celio, has the Democratic Party finalized its partisan primary election plan?
3-1) Steven, British online daily “The Independent” recently published a piece on a number of the presidential hopefuls for this latest race into the top office.
Let’s talk about the first name on that list: Lee Jae-myung.
First then, briefly, do tell us a bit about him.
3-2) Steven, how do Lee’s legal challenges look to affect his presidential bid and public perception?
4-1) Celio, the second name on the list of presidential hopefuls by The Independent is Han Dong-hoon.
Do tell us a bit about him.
4-2) Celio, what impact does Han’s bid look to have on the conservative vote?
5) Steven, what potential pledges by the presidential candidates look to sway voter sentiment this time around regarding economic and social issues here?
6) Celio, it’s only natural for voters to place priority on domestic policies, but for those interested in foreign policy, what pledges might they be looking forward to hearing about?
7) Steven, how does the result of this latest presidential race look to affect South Korea’s approach to its security interests regardless of who wins keeping in mind the current geopolitical dynamics?
8) Celio, do you suppose the upcoming presidential election will initiate the healing process for South Korea following months of bitter bickering and public division over politics?
All right.
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