{"id":124,"date":"2025-06-02T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4q7jq2n.top\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/s-koreas-conservative-contender-kim-moon\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:41:17","slug":"s-koreas-conservative-contender-kim-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/s-koreas-conservative-contender-kim-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korea's conservative contender Kim Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The moment catapulted the labour activist-turned-lawmaker to fame that he now hopes to harness to become South Korea’s next president.<\/p>\n

“He’s essentially a presidential candidate that social media gave birth to,” Jeongmin Kim, executive director at the Korea Risk Group, told AFP.<\/p>\n

Internet users dubbed him “stubborn Moon-soo” in approval of the move, which helped drive a small uptick in his beleaguered party’s approval ratings.<\/p>\n

Yet the People Power Party (PPP) — Yoon’s former party — wasn’t always so keen on Kim Moon-soo’s candidacy.<\/p>\n

The PPP selected, unselected, and then selected him again as its nominee in a high-profile bout of infighting.<\/p>\n

It was symbolic of the turbulence that has rocked the party since Yoon’s botched bid to suspend civilian rule in December.<\/p>\n

On the campaign trail, Kim, 73, has sought to distance himself from the ousted president, who became the second conservative leader to be stripped of office, after Park Geun-hye in 2017.<\/p>\n

Kim offered his first apology “to the people suffering from the consequences of martial law” last month.<\/p>\n

“Martial law has not only made the economy and domestic politics difficult but has also caused significant challenges in exports and diplomatic relations,” he told South Korean media.<\/p>\n

Korea Risk Group’s Jeongmin Kim called the PPP’s candidate a “chameleon-like politician capable of political survival”.<\/p>\n

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Born into a large family in North Gyeongsang province, about 300 kilometres (185 miles) from Seoul, Kim grew up in poverty after his father’s co-signing of a loan plunged them into debt.<\/p>\n

Kim was politically active by his final year of high school, when he was suspended for protesting against military leader President Park Chung-hee.<\/p>\n

He attended South Korea’s most prestigious university but started working in factories while studying for his degree and organising labour unions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seoul (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> When his conservative South Korean party bowed to show remorse for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous martial law decree, Kim Moon-soo sat alone and resolute in symbolic non-apology. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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