Overview
- Park has resumed public stump appearances this week after outings in Daegu and the Chungcheong region on Monday, and she expanded her tour on Wednesday to Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang where she drew sizeable local crowds.
- She has publicly endorsed multiple People Power Party nominees, including Daegu mayoral candidate Choo Kyung-ho, Daejeon’s Lee Jang-woo and gubernatorial contenders Kim Young-hwan and Kim Tae-heum.
- Police estimated about 900 to 1,000 people attended Park’s stop at her late mother’s birthplace in Okcheon, signaling organized turnout that included party aides and online political creators.
- A Korea Society Opinion Institute poll released after her Daegu appearance showed Choo leading with 50.1 percent, a first poll putting the People Power Party candidate ahead in that race and suggesting her presence may be shifting short-term voter support.
- Park was impeached and jailed in 2017 and received a special pardon in December 2021; her return tests whether a high-profile conservative figure can raise turnout and unify the party in tight local contests and could influence final results on June 3.