China News Service, April 18th. According to South Korea's " Asian Economy " report on the 17th, after the registration of candidates for the 19th South Korean presidential election was completed, the campaign officially started on the 17th, and the property status of each candidate has also been made public.
Data picture: From left to the order are Hong Junpyo, Ahn Cheol-soo, Liu Chengmin, Justice Party Shen Sang-jeong, Common Democratic Party Moon Jae-in. (Photo source: Yonhap News Agency)
The number of candidates is determined by the number of seats of the party members of the MP, and the co-Democratic candidate Moon Jae-in becomes the No. 1 candidate. Moon Jae-in declared property includes a private residence and building located in Liangsan City, Gyeongsang South Province, , Gyeongsang South Province, totaling 1.86403 billion won (approximately RMB 11.27 million). Moon Jae-in had two criminal records in 1975 for violating relevant laws of the demonstration. The candidate for
2 is Hong Junpyo of the Free Korean Party , with a declared property of 2.55554 billion won (approximately RMB 15.47 million), including two apartments in Songpa District, Seoul (market price of about 2 billion won) held by Hong Junpyo himself and his second son. In 1998, Hong Jun-pyo was fined 5 million won for violating the public office election law and was pardoned in 2000. The candidate for
3 is the Ahn Cheol-soo of the National Party. His declared property is 119.6901 billion won (approximately RMB 720 million), the vast majority of which are his shares of the Ahn Cheol-soo Research Institute (107.508 billion won), and Ahn Cheol-soo's daughter Ahn Cheol-soo's property is 136.88 million won (approximately RMB 820,000).
The candidate for the Party of Justice Liu Chengmin, the candidate for the Justice Party of Shen Xiangjin and the candidate for the new National Party of Zhao Yuanzhen ranked No. 4-6 respectively. Liu Chengmin declared property was 4.83612 billion won (about RMB 30 million), while Shen Xiangxiu was 35073 million won (about RMB 2.12 million).
South Korea's largest opposition party, Moon Jae-in (pictured) participated in the campaign event at the Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. Photo by Wu Xu, China News Service reporter
When conducting election activities, South Korea's presidential candidates need a large amount of funds, mainly relying on treasury subsidies and sponsorships. The treasury subsidy is paid by the treasury based on the number of seats of the party members of the party where the candidate is located and the number of votes received by each political party.
The total treasury subsidy this time is 42.142 billion won, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Korean Party received 12.4 billion won and 12 billion won respectively, and the Kuomintang, the Justice Party and the Justice Party received 8.7 billion, 6.3 billion won and 2.7 billion won respectively.
