South Korea's opposition candidate is leading in recent opinion polls with a week until the presidential election, although the gap has narrowed.

South Koreans are set to finally choose a new president after the nation’s worst constitutional crisis in decades. The Jun 3 election to replace ousted conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol offers to be a

The wife of South Korea's main conservative party candidate has taken a leading role ahead of next week's elections, campaigning on her own to tarnish the image of the liberal frontrunner and his spouse and turbocharge her husband's bid.