Park Geun-hye hits campaign trail for ruling party candidates

Former President Park Geun-hye called on voters in the central Chungcheong region Monday to give People Power Party candidates “a chance to work,” stepping up her campaign-trail appearances ahead of the June 3 local elections.

Park visited the campaign office of Lee Jang-woo, the People Power Party candidate for Daejeon mayor, in Seo-gu, in what local media described as her first visit to Daejeon in about 20 years.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Lee, Park praised him as a longtime political ...