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UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS 2007 SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
SEOUL, Jan. 2 Asia Pulse - A year of presidential polls started in South Korea, but utter unpredictability reigns in the nation's political community.
The widespread uncertainty stems mainly from a long list of presidential hopefuls, which include at least six from the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) and three to four from the Uri Party and political forces close to the ruling party.
Adding to the uncertainty, the ruling camp has yet to field a clear candidate, in part because of its low approval rating, which plunged below 10 per cent in some opinion polls.
Within the GNP, which enjoys an approval rating of over 40 per cent, former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak is the undisputed front-runner, trailed by former GNP Chairwoman Park Geun-hye and former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu.
Former Prime Minister Goh Kun is increasingly backed by the mainstream forces of the Uri Party and its supporters.
In the latest weekly survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Seoul-based RealMeter, Lee garnered an approval rating of 41.6 per cent, followed by Park with 22.3 per cent, Goh with 13.9 per cent and Sohn with 4.9 per cent.
Former Uri Party Chairman Chung Dong-young took 3.7 per cent, while incumbent Uri Chairman Kim Geun-tae was supported by just 2.3 per cent.
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