Han Duck-soo, a former prime minister and aspiring presidential candidate for the conservative People Power Party (PPP), issued an apology to the public and party members Saturday regarding the recent confusion surrounding his potential candidacy merger with the party's presidential candidate,

South Korea's former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Tuesday he saw no alternative other than teaming up with the presidential candidate of the ruling conservative People Power Party to contest the country's snap election on June 3.

South Korea’s embattled conservative party has taken the unprecedented step of nullifying its primary and replacing presidential candidate Kim Moon Soo with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo just one