charles stafford al jazeera but a safeco, eastern ukraine. campaigning is underway for south korea, the presidential election under the constitution. the widow will serve a single 5 year term, but as rob mcbride reports not from so it's a position that has often been my ad by scandal. this like most elections before, it is likely to be a straight to horse race between a conservative unit. so y'all and his liberal opponent, the jame young, with both of them fighting against their own unpopularity. a fact they seem to accept, oh, oh, they're young nike, the gun, don't you go to party politics with a vested interest, offer limited choices. as a result, people are left to bite the bullet in truth, the less only to evil. neither has international standing, but they are vying for a job that now has global reach. there's south korea's importance in the world economy, especially and high tech manufacturing. it's cultural clout is growing through movies, drama, and k pop. and it's key geopolitical role in sino u. s. relations as well as it's fraught dealings with north korea, the outgoing libera