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| ▲ This file photo, taken March 24, 2025, shows Han Dong-hoon, former chief of the ruling People Power Party. (Yonhap) |
ex-PPP leader-presidential bid
Ex-PPP leader Han Dong-hoon announces presidential run
SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Han Dong-hoon, former leader of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), announced his presidential bid for the June 3 election on Thursday, vowing to defeat former Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung.
Han called Lee a "dangerous" politician who would sacrifice the nation's fate for personal power, stressing he is the right person to defeat Lee in the upcoming election, triggered by the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
"We need to prevent a dangerous person from becoming president and creating a monstrous administration that will ruin the country," Han said at the National Assembly.
Han, a former prosecutor who was previously considered one of Yoon's closest confidants, expressed opposition to Yoon's martial law declaration in December immediately after it was announced.
He led a group of PPP lawmakers to vote to reject the martial law decree at the National Assembly, hours after its declaration.
Han stepped down as PPP leader after the National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon.
South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, after the Constitutional Court upheld Yoon's impeachment last Friday, forcing him out of office.
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