The ruling Saenuri Party and main opposition Minjoo Party have announced their lineup for Jeju’s three electoral districts. With less than a month to go until election day on April 13th, campaigning is now expected to heat up. Suejin Choi reports.
The final candidate for the National Assembly seat up for grabs in Seogwipo City has been announced, completing Jeju’s lineup of candidates in all three electoral districts.

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Saenuri names Kang Ji-yong to run in Seogwipo

After conducting telephone polls, the Nomination Committee of the ruling party finalized its lineup and named Kang Ji-yong as its candidate for the Seogwipo City District.

Kang Ji-yong will be running for the spot for the second time, following his candidacy in the 19th general election four years ago.

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Minjoo names Kang Chang-il to run in Jeju City District A
The main opposition Minjoo Party has also finalized its lineup of candidates for Jeju. Three-time elected lawmaker Kang Chang-il will be running for a spot in Jeju City District A. Kang was nominated over preliminary candidate Park Hee-su. If elected next month, he will become the first lawmaker in Jeju to have been elected for a seat in the National Assembly four times in a row.

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Oh Young-hoon to run on Minjoo ticket in Jeju City District B

The nomination for Jeju City District B took a dramatic turn when Oh Young-hoon received the party ticket instead of incumbent lawmaker of 12 years, Kim Woo-nam.

In the Seogwipo District where several former Jeju governors had placed their bids, Wi Sung-gon was nominated to run for the spot representing the Minjoo Party, defeating preliminary candidate Moon Dae-lim.

The finalized lineup by the main opposition party has placed two new faces on the electoral map in Jeju, for Jeju City District B and Seogwipo City District. Kang Chang-il is the only incumbent lawmaker from the Minjoo party to be running against rivals from the Saenuri Party.

The full list of Jeju’s candidates running for the April 13th general elections is now practically complete.


For Jeju City District A, it’s a race against
Saenuri candidate Yang Chi-seok (양치석),
Minjoo candidate Kang Chang-il (강창일) and
People’s Party candidate Chang Seong-cheol (장성철).



In Jeju City District B, the competition will be between
Saenuri Party’s Bu Sang-il (부상일),
Minjoo Party’s Oh Young-hoon (오영훈) and
People Party’s Oh Su-yong (오수용).



And in the Seogwipo City District,
Saenuri Party candidate Kang Ji-yong (강지용) is up against
Minjoo Party candidate Wi Sung-gon (위성곤).
A candidate from the minor opposition People’s Party has not been announced.


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Ko Moon-su

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Suejin Choi

The competition in the nominations is about to get even more heated as each party’s (nominated) candidate now begins campaigning for the April 13th general elections.

Suejin Choi, KCTV.