Former South Korean mayor of Daegu city announces bid for president

SEOUL (Reuters) – Hong Joon-pyo, the ex-mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu, announced his bid for the presidency on Monday.

South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, after former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment stemming from a December martial law declaration was upheld on April 4.

Hong will run in the conservative People Power Party’s primary, he said in a Facebook post.

(Reporting by Joyce Lee, Ju-min Park; Editing by Ed Davies)