South Korea

While the two front-runners -- Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea and Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party -- spent much of the time arguing with each other and conservative rival Hong Joon-pyo of the Liberty Korea Party, Yoo was left relatively free to convey his views.

The TV debate of presidential candidates on Thursday evening gave each of the five candidates 18 minutes of airtime to explain their policy goals. Although they squared off over key issues like national security, the economy, deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery from the U.S

During the first group debate on Apr. 13 featuring the five leading candidates in the presidential campaign, the first question was about signs that the US might carry out a preemptive strike on North Korea.

The presidential candidates of five political parties will hold five televised debates starting Thursday night.

It will mark the first debate involving all five presidential candidates of the political parties. At least five more nationally televised debates are scheduled, including one to be hosted and televised by another local broadcaster KBS next Wednesday. The national election watchdog also plans to

For a more useful debate, a new format should reflect three major changes. First, there should be a limit to the number of topics in one debate.