The South Korean presidential race heats up as the former People's Party co-chair Ahn Cheol-soo's support ratings are rising rapidly.
Various Korea media have expected that the election could be a confrontation between former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo.
Korean political commentator JS Suh says "As the final candidates are fixed, conservative voters have started to make up their mind to choose Ahn as their alternative because there are no outstanding conservative candidates in this election"
Six candidates remain in the race, including South Gyeongsang Governor Hong Joon-pyo for the leading conservative Liberty Korea Party and lawmaker Yoo Seong-min for the splinter Bareun Party.
