Former South Korean mayor of Daegu city announces bid for president

Hong Joon-pyo, the presidential candidate of the Liberty Korea Party, speaks during his election campaign rally in Daegu
FILE PHOTO: Hong Joon-pyo speaks during his election campaign rally in Daegu, South Korea, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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Hong Joon-pyo, the ex-mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu, announced his bid for the presidency on Monday.

South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, after former president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment stemming from a December martial law declaration was upheld on April 4.

Hong will run in the conservative People Power Party's primary, he said in a Facebook post.

This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.

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