South Korea's liberal frontrunner for president Lee Jae-myung was leading his main conservative rival Kim Moon-soo by more than 10 percentage points in an opinion poll issued on Tuesday, though the race had tightened a week ahead of the election.

A Gallup poll released Tuesday indicates South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is the clear frontrunner to become the country's next president, with less than a week to go until the elections.Gallup put Democratic Party leader Lee as the clear frontrunner,

Liberal frontrunner Lee Jae-myung is leading South Koreas presidential race with 49% support, ahead of conservative rival Kim Moon-soo at 35%, according to a new Gallup Korea poll. The survey comes just days before