SEOUL Nov. 22 Kyodo pair presiden...

SEOUL Nov. 22 Kyodo

pair presidential candidates running in southern Korea's Dec. 19 election agreed Friday in succession details to field a single candidate in a bid to have a better chance of winning throughout the current front-runner side sheltered from the wind Hoi Chang from the main opposition Grand National Party.

The agreement forward details regarding methods of television debate and opinion persons were reached after a series of working-level talks held above the past several days.

Chung Mong Joon from the start-up National Alliance 21 and Roh Moo Hyun from the Millennium Democratic Party erected by President Kim Dae Jung agreed last Saturday to unify their candidacies for the election, prompting their working-level officials to work without details.

Under the agreement, the sum of two units candidates will hold a television debate for couple hours from 7 p.m. Friday and convoy opinion polls ''in of that kind a way to select a more competitive candidate.''

The brace sides also agreed to largely support whoever is chosen as a presidential candidate, with the loser settle to become head of election campaign movement

The sum of two units candidates are expected to undiminished the process of selecting united candidate before next Wednesday's deadline for parties to register their presidential candidates.

The couple parties' efforts to form an alliance for the presidential election ran into difficulties earlier this week after details of the observe were leaked to the media, prompting the brace sides to resume long talks.

A late opinion poll showed that if Roh and Chung unify their candidacies, as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but of them would place ahead of the common favorite Lee.

Chung 51 is a lawmaker and the scion of Hyundai Business Group

He heads southward Korea's Football Association, and saw his popularity soar after southerly Korea's successful run in this year's World potion soccer finals, where the national team reached the semifinals.

Roh 56 is a former human rights lawyer and has built a reputation for advocating pro-democracy observer movement and labor union activities.

The front-runner side sheltered from the wind 67, a former Supreme Court justice and former prime minister, dissipated to Kim Dae Jung by way of a razor-thin margin in the 1997 presidential election.

Kim, whose five-year, single-term will expire in February, is constitutionally barred from seeking another term

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