DP's second debate held while schedule set for PPP's second round debate

On the political front.

The Democratic Party is hosting its second debate on this Wednesday while the race at the People Power Party has been reduced to four contenders.

I have our correspondent Kim Do-yeon live on the line with the latest.

Do-yeon let's start with the events taking place at the DP.

Sun-hee the Democratic Party of Korea's three presidential primary contestants are currently in a second debate discussing a wide variety of topics.

Three topics were posed to the three candidates: their thoughts on the ongoing insurrection allegations, the livelihood economy, and inter-Korean relations.

At the moment, each candidate is picking their own topic to discuss with others.

This comes as the second half of voting started for the primary today as well and while the front-runner Lee Jae-myung has 90-percent of the votes so far Kim Dong-yeon and Kim Kyung-soo are looking to turn things around.

In fact, what's known as the "Honam region," consisting of the Jeolla-do Provinces and Gwangju City started voting while the voting also opens for the capital region, Gangwon-do Province, and Jeju Island.

These regions are where around 80 percent of electors are from so despite its front-runner Lee Jae-myung racking up 90 percent of votes so far, there are votes to turn things around.

Candidates, one by one, with voting in these regions coming up, have shared their pledges for how they'd develop these regions.

I see.

And what's the latest at the primary election of the People Power Party?

Well, Sun-hee, the People Power Party started its second round as well.

Kim Moon-soo, Ahn Cheol-soo, Han Dong-hoon, and Hong Joon-pyo, a couple of hours ago, came together for a media day to kick off the series of debates for this round.

There will be one-on-one debates two on Thursday and two on Friday, and each contestant picked a debate partner.

Kim Moon-soo picked Han Dong-hoon for the first debate on Thursday.

Ahn picked Kim Moon-soo for the second debate on Thursday.

Han Dong-hoon and Hong Joon-pyo picked each other, making their debate a three-hour-long one on Friday.

On Saturday there will be a four-way debate as well.

The match-up brings together a pro-impeachment contestant and an against-impeachment contestant with Ahn and Han being pro-impeachment and Kim and Hong being against.

Do keep in mind that this round cut-off, for which the result comes on April 29th, will be decided with 50 percent of eligible PPP voters and 50 percent an open survey.

If a candidate gets more than 50-percent of the total, there won't be a run-off.

Good to know.

All right Do-yeon thank you for the latest on the partisan primaries ahead of Korea's presidential election.