Reform Party's Lee Jun-seok continues to seek support in Gwangju, rules out possible merger

In the meantime, the Reform Party's Lee Jun-seok is back in Gwangju City, with an aggressive push to convince voters he is the ultimate conservative runner.

Earlier on Monday, he ruled out PPP candidate Kim Moon-soo's hint of a possible merger with him and instead stressed the race will be him against the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung.

He also went around Gwangju City pledging more diverse investment in the Jeolla-do provinces.

He's expected to do the same on his second day in the southwestern region on Tuesday, and continue his campus cafeteria outreach to college students.