The snap election was triggered by the removal of Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency for declaring martial law on December 3. South Korea’s main conservative party has nominated Kim Moon-soo, a former labour minister and veteran political figure, as its presidential candidate for the snap election to be held on June 3. Kim, 73, secured the People Power Party (PPP) nomination with 56.5 percent of the vote at...

Romanians will head to the polls on Sunday, May 4, to elect their next president in the first round of a “do-over” election, the second such poll within six months. The Eastern European country previously held a presidential election on November 24, 2024, from which far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who was polling in single digits during the campaign, surprisingly emerged victorious. That result was annulled after reports emerged...