DP candidates debate on 'ending insurrection attempt' while PPP's 2nd round debate scheduled

Turning to the presidential primaries.

The Democratic Party hosted its second debate today while the People Power Party is gearing up for the next phase of the race.

Our National Assembly correspondent Kim Do-yeon has the latest.

The Democratic Party of Korea's three presidential primary contestants held a second debate on Wednesday.

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

Regarding ending what the contestants called an "ongoing insurrection attempt" referring to the martial law declaration the front-runner Lee Jae-myung emphasized "investigating the truth and punish those responsible," while candidates Kim Kyung-soo and Kim Dong-yeon argued that was insufficient, suggesting "comprehensive social reform" and "constitutional amendment," respectively, as specific methods.

This comes as the second half of voting started for the primary on Wednesday with Lee Jae-myung in the lead with 90-percent of the votes so far.

However, what's known as the "Honam region," consisting of the Jeolla-do Provinces and Gwangju City as well as ones that open on Thursday the capital region, Gangwon-do Province, and Jeju Island, consist of around 80 percent of the total votes room to turn things around.

Meanwhile, 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.

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.

Kim Do-yeon, Arirang News.