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South Korea’s presidential candidates hold first heated debate

South Korea's presidential candidates - Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party, Kwon Young-guk of the Democratic Labor Party, Lee Jun-seok of the New Reform Party and Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party - meet at Seoul Broadcasting System's studios to begin a televised debate for the forthcoming June 3 election [Chung Sung-Jun/Reuters]

South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo, have held the first of three televised debates as the race intensifies to replace former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was removed in April over his contentious move to declare martial law late last year.

Yoon’s ouster has stoked political turmoil in the nation, and a snap election is set for June 3.

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