For the Record - March 30, 2017

South Korea election: In the March 19 Section A, an article about South Korea’s upcoming election quoted Lee Ji-soo, a spokesman for South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in, as calling North Korea a “partner” of South Korea. Lee, a native Korean speaker who was being interviewed in English, said he meant to call North Korea a “counterpart,” not a partner.

If you believe that we have made an error, or you have questions about The Times’ journalistic standards and practices, you may contact Deirdre Edgar, readers’ representative, by email at readers.representative@latimes.com, by phone at (877) 554-4000, by fax at (213) 237-3535 or by mail at 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. The readers’ representative office is online at latimes.com/readersrep.