LEE NAK-YEON RULING PARTY LEADER SEALING CANDIDATURE FOR PRESIDENTIAL BID

• Former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon’s emergence as the new leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea finds his candidature open for his bid in the 2022 presidential race.
• However, untold challenges await him as the country battles a second occurrence of coronavirus infections and catapulting housing prices.

Lee took to ruling the party in a landslide victory Saturday, claiming 60.77 percent....