SEOUL ¨C South Korea¡¯s martial law scandal is set to loom large over local elections in June that will test whether opposition conservatives can rein in the power of the ruling party of President Lee Jae Myung.
The June 3 contest for mayors and governors in South Korea¡¯s 16 cities and provinces is the first nationwide vote since Lee took power in a snap election last year ?after disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol, of the conservative People¡¯s Power Party (PPP), briefly imposed martial law in 2024.
Yoon was sentenced to ?life in ?prison in February for masterminding an insurrection and faces at least seven other trials.
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