Overview

• The Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on Lee Jae-myung's election law violation case at 3 p.m. on May 1, determining his eligibility to run in the June 3 snap presidential election.
• Prosecutors appealed a March appeals court decision that acquitted Lee of lying during the 2022 campaign, overturning a lower court's suspended sentence.
• If the Supreme Court overturns the acquittal and the ruling is finalized, Lee would face a five-year ban from running for office under South Korea's election law.
• Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party candidate and current frontrunner in polls, faces mounting uncertainty as the ruling could reshape the race's dynamics.
• Acting President Han Duck-soo is expected to resign today to join the presidential race, leveraging his elevated profile since assuming leadership after President Yoon's ouster.