SEOUL -- Two opposition candidates for South Korea's presidency have combined forces in a move that raises the odds that conservative front-runner Yoon Suk-yeol will win next Wednesday's election.
At a morning news conference on Thursday, third-placed candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the centrist People's Party announced he would back Yoon of the main opposition People Power Party. Their alliance is seen as a blow to Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party, who had been closely trailing Yoon in opinion polls.
