We are going to stick with the numerical order of the candidates.... Mr. Moon is number one on the ballot... so now we move to number two... Hong Joon-pyo of the conservative Liberty Korea Party.
He's also in the southeast of the country on this Wednesday,... stumping hard to win the hearts of voters.
Our Shin Se-min joins us from Busan.
Se-min, tell us about Hong's campaign strategy... and what he's been talking about on this national holiday...
Mark,… just up until about an hour ago... the conservative candidate shored up support here in Busan,… making his third visit to the southern port city since the official campaigning period kicked off over two weeks ago.
His strategy seems clear; tapping as far as he can into the traditionally conservative stronghold.
Hong is firming up his support base here in Busan... on what will most likely be his last visit before the May 9th election.
Revisiting the city for the third time, Hong appealed to his supporters,… saying --
Hong, busy driving up his recently found momentum, started his Wednesday celebrating Buddha's Birthday, just like all the other candidates.
Hong sat beside all but one of his four rivals at the Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul.
He then dropped by a police headquarters in Seoul's western Mapo-gu district, encouraging officers and the other civil servants there working on a national holiday.
There, he pledged to raise their base salaries and to take responsibility for any on-the-job injuries that may occur due to accidents.
The self-proclaimed "Strongman" Hong will wrap up his day in the city of Daegu in about an hour from now. Now, Daegu is also a conservative homebase.
Mark?
