SEOUL - Mr Yoon Suk-yeol spent the final days of 2021 on what should have been one of the easiest stops in his campaign to become South Korean president, speaking to his conservative party's base in the city of Daegu.
The one-time front-runner trailed ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung by 12 percentage points in the presidential election scheduled for March 9, according to a survey released Saturday by Hankook Research. Mr Yoon's campaign has been beset by infighting as he struggles to quiet ethical controversies including whether his wife exaggerated her credentials to get a job, something he denies.
"Yoon can replace all the officials he wants, but that is not likely to fix the problem," said Dr Shin Yul, a political science professor at Myongji University in Seoul."The real problems lies in Yoon. Politics is all about mediating conflicts. Yoon failed to show that." He has been forced to issue apologies about the behaviour of his son, including reports in the Chosun newspaper alleging that he frequented online gambling sites.
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