Candidate registration for June 3 local elections to begin this week

Candidate registration for the upcoming local elections and parliamentary by-elections will open this week, the election watchdog said Tuesday, about three weeks before the polls widely seen as a gauge of the public's view on President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office. The National Election Commission will receive candidacy registrations on Thursday and Friday. Official campaigning will kick off May 21 and last 13 days until the eve of the June 3 elections, with only limited forms of electio

By The Korea Herald