residential candidates Yoon Suk Yeol, left, of the main opposition People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the opposition People's Party raise their hands after a joint press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 3, 2022. South Korea's two main opposition presidential runners agreed Thursday to field a unified candidate of them, a last-minute political deal ahead of next week's vote that could boost prospects for an opposition win to restore a conservative rule. Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP
residential candidates Yoon Suk Yeol, left, of the main opposition People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the opposition People's Party raise their hands after a joint press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 3, 2022. South Korea's two main opposition presidential runners agreed Thursday to field a unified candidate of them, a last-minute political deal ahead of next week's vote that could boost prospects for an opposition win to restore a conservative rule. Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP

SEOUL, South Korea: Two leading conservatives in South Korea's presidential race unified behind one of them on Thursday in a last-minute political deal that could boost their chances of victory in next week's polls.

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