韓国で6月3日に実施される地方選挙および国会議員再補欠選挙に向けた候補者登録が木曜日に始まりました。今回の選挙は、李在明（イ・ジェミョン）大統領の就任1年目に対する民意を問う重要な試金石と見なされています。
中央選挙管理委員会によると、立候補予定者は木曜日と金曜日の午前9時から午後6時まで登録が可能です。公式な選挙運動は来週の木曜日から始まり、6月3日の投開票日の前日まで13日間行われます。
特に注目を集めているのは、ソウル市長選と、保守派の牙城である大邱（テグ）および釜山（プサン）の市長選です。ソウルでは、現職の国民の力の呉世勲（オ・セフン）市長に対し、共に民主党の鄭元五（チョン・ウォノ）候補が挑みます。
与党指導部の鄭清来（チョン・チョンレ）氏は、野党第一党に対し、尹錫悦（ユン・ソンニョル）前大統領に関連する反乱の残滓について厳しい審判が下されるべきだと述べました。一方、国民の力の張東赫（チャン・ドンヒョク）代表は、今回の選挙を李大統領と与党に対する信任投票であると位置づけました。
X（旧Twitter）での初期の反応では、6月3日の地方選挙に向けた候補者登録の開始が、李在明政権にとって重要な試金石となるという見方が浮上しています。ユーザーは光州（クァンジュ）や全羅（チョルラ）地域などでの激しい選挙戦に注目しています。一部の投稿では、今回の投票と継続中のスキャンダルや与党の影響力への懸念を結びつける懐疑的な意見も見られます。中立的な投稿では、今週から始まる手続きと政権交代の可能性が強調されています。全体的な感情としては、競争の激しい選挙への期待と、政治動向に対する批判的な視点が入り混じっています。
Candidate registration opens for June 3 local elections https://t.co/KTg72eXvdf
— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) 2026年5月14日
South Korea’s pro-China Lee Jae-myung authoritarian regime is even arresting and detaining citizens on unreasonable grounds. The people of South Korea, whose country has been taken through election fraud involving the Chinese Communist Party, are gradually losing their freedom.… https://t.co/STwk1LCWal
— 박주현변호사 (@parkjoohyeon79) 2026年5月6日
South Korea's local elections heat up as candidate registration begins next week for June 3rd voting. Gwangju and Jeolla regions prepare for intense campaign season ahead. 🗳️
— 강승원🇰🇷 (@KKK10000000000) 2026年5月10日
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.
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"Candidate registration for the upcoming local #elections and parliamentary by-elections will open this week, the election watchdog said Tuesday, about three weeks before the polls ..." #SouthKoreahttps://t.co/NNzienpvlJ
— ANFREL (@Anfrel) 2026年5月13日
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Lee Jin-sook, former Korea Communications Commission chief, announced Saturday she is stepping down as a preliminary candidate for Daegu mayor. Excluded from the People Power Party's primary, she opted to support the party's nominee rather than run independently amid fears of a Democratic Party win. The primary concludes Sunday ahead of the June 3 local elections.
Ruling and opposition parties are preparing for the June 3 local elections, viewed as a gauge of public sentiment on political polarization following former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid. The elections include parliamentary by-elections in over 10 constituencies and mark the first major test for President Lee Jae Myung's administration since June last year. The Democratic Party aims to bolster its mandate, while the People Power Party focuses on economic issues to rebound.
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Former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum will formally declare his bid for Daegu mayor ahead of the June local elections, party officials said. He plans to make the announcement at the National Assembly and in the southeastern city on Monday. The move is seen as the Democratic Party's (DP) effort to challenge the conservative stronghold.
President Lee Jae-myung stressed the importance of defending democracy at the 66th anniversary of the April 19 Revolution. Speaking at the April 19th National Cemetery in northern Seoul, he compared the 1960 people's resistance to former President Yoon Suk-yeol's 2024 martial law attempt, saying the public's outcry toppled an arrogant regime. He urged safeguarding democracy against anti-democratic forces.
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South Korea's judicial reform laws were proclaimed on March 12, allowing constitutional appeals against Supreme Court rulings and punishment for legal distortion. This marks the first major overhaul since the 1987 constitutional amendment, including an expansion of Supreme Court justices. The measures passed under the ruling Democratic Party despite opposition from the opposition and judiciary.