S. Korea Presidential Candidate Scraps Plan to Unite With Rival

Ahn Cheol-Soo, an opposition-party candidate for South Korea’s presidential election, scrapped an earlier proposal to merge his bid with leading opposition contender Yoon Suk-yeol.

Ahn, a member of the People Party, said at a briefing Sunday that he hadn’t receive a response from Yoon on his proposal to unify their campaigns. Ahn made the suggested the merger last week in a bid to ensure victory over the ruling Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung in the March 9 election.