Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea has emerged as the clear front-runner in the latest poll on preferred presidential candidates, with 42% of respondents saying he is best suited for the role.

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June 3 vote.

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Sunday named Lee Jae-myung, the party's ex-leader, as its candidate for the snap presidential election slated for June 3. Lee has been leading opinion polls for weeks with a double-digit gap over contestants from the conservative People Power Party,