South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic politics if he

South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, said Thursday he is resigning to take on “heavier responsibility” amid expectation he will run in next month’s presidential election. Han has emerged as a potential conservative standard bearer as the main conservative People Power Party remains in disarray over

South Korea's former acting President Han Duck-soo said on Friday he would join the race to become the country's next president after resigning the day before.