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Software tycoon Ahn channels France's Macron in bid for Korean presidency
He is trying to beat former presidential chief of staff Moon Jae-in ahead of the May 9 election
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Tue, May 2, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Seoul
SOUTH Korean software tycoon Ahn Cheol-soo, who once led opinion polls in the presidential race, is finding his centrist approach and platform of championing markets drowned out by public demands for a clampdown on the country's scandal-hit elite.
The 55-year-old former medical doctor is trying to channel France's Emmanuel Macron after falling behind former party comrade Moon Jae-in ahead of the May 9 election.
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