As South Korean election nears, is Yoon's party seeing a 'golden cross'?

Opinion polls may not tell whole story, especially with emergence of new parties

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Critics have accused South Korea's first lady Kim Keon-hee of manipulating President Yoon Suk Yeol from behind the scenes. (Yonhap/Kyodo)

HIROSHI MINEGISHI, Nikkei senior staff writer

March 23, 2024 04:41 JST

TOKYO -- South Korea has less than a month to go until an April 10 general election that will determine what's in store for the rest of President Yoon Suk Yeol's time in office.

When Yoon's People Power Party (PPP) pulled away from the progressive Democratic Party, the largest opposition party, in opinion polls in late February, South Korean media called it a "golden cross" moment for the PPP.