South Korea’s former prime minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic ...

The statement reiterated China’s stance that is open to talks, but also that Beijing is determined to fight if it must.

Just four votes are thought to separate Reform and Labour in a seat which Sir Keir Starmer’s party held with a majority of almost 14,700 in 2024.