The biggest immediate threat to his candidacy is his sentencing after he was found guilty of violating election law. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea ’s Supreme Court overturned on Thursday an earlier ruling that had cleared election front runner Lee Jae-myung of election law violation, throwing into doubt his eligibility to run for the presidency.

South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled that presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung violated election law and sent the case back to the high court for final sentencing, in a move that potentially upends the race for the country’s next leader.