Presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in was nominated on Monday to lead the liberal Democratic Party in the South Korean presidential election on May 9.
Moon Jae-in swept all four rounds in the party primary, winning 57 percent of some 1.4 million votes cast over the past eight days. Yonhap reported.
Moon, a former human rights lawyer and chief aide to the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, has called for expanded government welfare spending for low-income citizens.
South Gyeongsang Province Governor Hong Joon-pyo will lead the conservative Liberty Korea Party, and the conservative splinter Bareun Party has picked Yoo Seong-min as its candidate for the presidency.
Former president Park Geun-hye was ousted on March 10 after the Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment. Under South Korean law, a presidential election must be held within 60 days after a president is removed from office.
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