South Korea's conservative party, which is having problems, first cancelled and then brought back their presidential candidate, Kim Moon Soo, in just a few hours. This happened because of growing trouble inside the party before the election on June 3.

On Saturday, the People Power Party suddenly changed their plan after they couldn't replace Kim with Han Duck-soo. This event showed the party's leadership problems, especially after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed because he used martial law in December. This situation likely hurt the conservatives' chances of winning the next election.

Kim, a strong conservative and former minister under Yoon, became the party's candidate for president on May 3. He won over half the votes in the first election round, beating another candidate who had disagreed with Yoon. But the party leaders, who were loyal to Yoon, strongly pressured Kim to step down and support Han instead. They thought Han had a better chance of winning against the main candidate from the other party.

When Han and Kim could not agree to join their campaigns, the PPP committee did something never done before. They stopped their first election early on Saturday, removed Kim as their chosen candidate, and made Han a party member and their new candidate for president. But, they needed everyone in the party to agree using an automatic phone vote. This vote, on Saturday night, said no to the change.

"We cannot say the exact numbers, but the idea of changing the candidate was voted against by a small difference," said Shin Dong-wook, a party speaker and member of parliament. The party then quickly put Kim back as the candidate because he had said the party's try to replace him was a "quick political change." The party said Kim plans to officially sign up with election officials on Sunday.

"Now everything will go back to how it should be," Kim said in a statement.

Kim, who is 73, was a famous supporter of workers' rights in the 1970s and 80s. But in the 1990s, he joined a conservative political party. He said he stopped wanting to be a "revolutionist" after seeing communist countries collapse. After that, he was the governor of South Korea’s Gyeonggi province for eight years and was elected to the National Assembly three times.

Han was temporary president after the parliament removed Yoon in December and the court removed him in April. Han quit his job on May 2 to try to become president. He said his long career in public service prepared him to lead the country during difficult times caused by global problems and trade issues made worse by the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Han, who had asked for unity after becoming the candidate, said he accepts what the party members want.

In recent polls, Han and Kim are far behind Lee. Lee, who led the Democrats' efforts to remove Yoon, laughed at the PPP's attempts to change their candidate. He told reporters on Thursday that he had heard of forced marriages, but never forced unity.