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Im leads the South Korean charge on home soil and he held the outright lead until a bogey at the ninth - his final hole - saw him slip back to -6 to join compatriot Song, Englishman Fitzpatrick and France's Vaillant in a four-way tie at the summit.
Spain's Elvira posted a second successive -3 68 to increase the leading group to five, New Zealand's Hillier joined soon after thanks to a birdie at the last and another home hopeful Lee produced the round of the day with a brilliant -6 65.
Li, who started in the afternoon, burst ahead of the pack with two birdies in his opening five holes, but he mixed a total of four gains with four bogeys -2 69 to become the eighth player in the clubhouse at -6.
Im, a two-time PGA TOUR winner and Presidents Cup star said "I think I was playing much better overall today. I feel that today I was very consistent," Im said. "Looking back at my game, I think I was aggressive when I needed to be and I played safe when I needed to.
"When we come to Korea we have all these fans who come out and cheer and support us. That really gives you the boost you need. When I come here, I really have a good time."
MK Kim 72, who shared the lead with Li after round one, is among six players at -5 alongside fellow South Korean Yongjun Bae 69, Englishman Andy Sullivan 69, Japan's Yuto Katsuragawa 66, Italian Andrea Pavan 68, and Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat 67.
edit >>> At the other end of the field, the cut fell at +1. Canada's Aaron Cockerill and his family will be relieved to make it with 69 72 -1 T44 which is step one with 36 to play, moving to a projected #113, dangerously close to the #115 cut off.
The news was not so good for Germany's Yannick Paul.
Paul could not hide his disappointment after missing the cut, which meant he will not keep his DP World Tour card for the 2026 season.
He began the week in the ominous position of 116th place, however, a +8 79 in his first round in Cheonan derailed any hope of a fifth straight year on the DP World Tour despite shooting level par on Friday, he will now head for Q-School next month in his bid to stay on tour.
"Yesterday wasn't the main issue. I mean, I had all season to you know, play good enough," Paul said. "I don't really know really what to say? It is what it is. Obviously disappointed because I knew like with... I obviously have Q-School coming up.
"So like as a Q-school category, you don't really get into many starts so I knew that there's a big difference if you finish inside the top 115 here. "I guess you know, the universe had a different plan. It's hard to understand or see that plan at the moment but yeah, it's been... I don't know. It's a weird feeling.
"At the moment obviously I’m quite disappointed. Really disappointed actually. "You know, for three and a half years I felt like I played pretty decent and then a couple of things happen and all of a sudden you don't really have a place to play next year.
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