内容摘要：“I’m very focused when I’m at work, so I can get it all in as opposed to going in and out and having the day go on really long.”

“I’m very focused when I’m at work, so I can get it all in as opposed to going in and out and having the day go on really long.”

over a 2016-17 corruption scandal that went viral.Supporting his popularity was his self-built success story: Poverty forced him to quit school and work as a child laborer at factories where he suffered injuries that left him with an arm disability. He later passed the country’s highly exhaustive bar exam and became a human rights lawyer.

Lee has since tried to establish an image as someone who can fix deep-rooted inequality and corruption. But many conservative critics view him as a dangerous populist who intensifies divisions for political gains and backpedals on promises too easily.With the assembly under his party’s control, some experts worry Lee would have excessive, unchecked power. But others say Lee is unlikely to unilaterally pursue overly drastic policies because he cannot maintain a stable leadership without the support of moderates.for corruption and other charges, although the proceedings will likely end if he wins because a sitting South Korean president has immunity from most criminal prosecutions.

Kim, 73, a hardline conservative who served as Yoon’s labor minister, initially was considered past his political prime.He suddenly emerged as a potential standard-bearer of the embattled South Korean conservatives after he solely defied a request by a Democratic Party lawmaker for all Cabinet members to stand and bow at the assembly in a gesture of apology over Yoon’s decree.

Kim won the People Power Party’s nomination in early May. He quickly faced an attempt by party leaders to replace him with

, a former prime minister and independent who was more popular in polls. In a dramatic shift, Kim eventually8:50 a.m.-2:15 p.m. — Thriston Lawrence, South Africa; Nick Dunlap, United States; Harry Hall, England.

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