South Korea conservatives pick Kim Moon-soo after flip-flop

People Power Party reinstates nominee hours after dropping him

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South Korean former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, left, talks with Kim Moon-soo in Seoul on May 8. © Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) -- South Korea's conservatives made another about-face on Saturday and reinstated their nominee, just hours after dropping him and reopening the nomination process as the divided party struggled for unity to challenge the liberal front-runner in a presidential election four weeks away.

People Power Party nominee Kim Moon-soo welcomed the decision, which was made after polling party members over whether to replace him with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, whose late entry into the race derailed the consensus over its candidate for the snap June 3 presidential vote.

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