韩国6月3日地方选举及国会议员补选的官方竞选活动于5月21日（周四）正式启动，全国共有近7830名候选人参与角逐。此次竞选期为期两周，直至6月2日结束，被视为对李在明政府的一次早期考验。
韩国国家选举委员会报告称，共有7829名候选人登记参选，目前有7820人仍在竞选中。选民将选出16名市长和道知事、227名区厅长和郡守，以及14名国会议员。
执政党共同民主党将此次投票视为巩固李在明总统支持率的契机。资深党内成员、国会议员赵承来将此次选举称为“完成韩国正常化的黄金时期”，并强调有必要清除与2024年戒严令宣布有关的“无能的叛乱残余”。
近期民调显示选情趋紧。在首尔，共同民主党候选人郑元五以40%对37%的支持率领先于国民力量党籍现任市长吴世勋。在釜山，共同民主党候选人全在洙则以44%对35%的优势领先。
为保障选民及竞选工作人员的安全，韩国政府已将国家恐怖主义预警级别从“关注”提升至“注意”，有效期至6月4日。提前投票定于5月30日及31日进行。
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Candidate registration opened Thursday for South Korea's June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections, seen as a key test of public sentiment toward President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office.
South Korea's National Election Commission said Saturday that 513 candidates were elected without a vote ahead of the June 3 local elections.
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The People Power Party selected incumbent Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon, seeking a third term, as its candidate for the June 3 local elections. Park won a majority in the primary, defeating first-term lawmaker Joo Jin-woo. He will face Democratic Party candidate Rep. Jeon Jae-soo.
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.
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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.