SEOUL: South Korea's former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung (pic) still remains the frontrunner for now in a presidential election that will struggle to heal the political divide in a nation racked by leadership chaos in recent months.

The biggest immediate threat to his candidacy is his sentencing after he was found guilty of violating election law. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea ’s Supreme Court overturned on Thursday an earlier ruling that had cleared election front runner Lee Jae-myung of election law violation, throwing into doubt his eligibility to run for the presidency.