Ex-PM Kim wins capital region primaries in ruling party leadership race

Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok won the Democratic Party (DP) primaries in the capital region Sunday, taking another step toward winning the leadership race for the ruling party. Kim earned a combined 46.66 percent of the votes from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, with Jung Chung-rae, pursuing his second consecutive term as DP leader, finishing second at 46.28 percent. Former DP leader Song Young-gil was a distant third with 7.06 percent. Previously, he beat his rivals in the following rounds: t