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Election 2022

Sun, October 1, 2023 | 16:51

Voter turnout exceeds 60% as of 1 p.m.

Voter turnout exceeds 60% as of 1 p.m.

Voter turnout for the presidential election surpassed 60 percent as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, with the early voting tally incorporated, according to the country's election authorities.

2022-03-09 14:28

Koreans cast votes to elect new leader

COVID-19 patients to sway presidential election

COVID-19 patients to sway presidential election

COVID-19 patients' votes have risen as a variable in what is expected to be one of the closest presidential races in Korea's history. Concerns are rising over further problems anticipated in the election agency's handling of COVID-19 patients' ballots on Election Day Wednesday, as seen during the early voting period for those who tested positive for COVID-19 by March 4.

Jung Da-min | 2022-03-08 17:09

Koreans cast votes to elect new leader

Koreans cast votes to elect new leader

Koreans cast votes to elect new leader

Korean voters will head to the polls Wednesday to pick the country's new leader for the next five years. In what is believed to be the closest presidential race in Korea's history, the final voter turnout is expected to surpass 80 percent for the first time in 25 years. The turnout from the two-day early voting - Friday to Saturday - hit a record high of 36.93 percent.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-03-08 16:59

Voter turnout exceeds 60% as of 1 p.m.

Nation goes to polls [PHOTOS]

COVID-19 patients to sway presidential election

Next president to write new chapter in history

Next president to write new chapter in history

Next president to write new chapter in history

Regardless of who eventually emerges victorious in the presidential election on Wednesday, the next president is expected to open a new chapter in Korea's political history

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-03-08 15:53

Koreans cast votes to elect new leader

Election agency chief under growing pressure to step down

Election agency chief under growing pressure to step down

National Election Commission (NEC) Chairperson Noh Jeong-hee is in the hot seat over the agency's improper handling of COVID-19 patients' ballots during the early voting period last Friday and Saturday. Despite apologizing for the fiasco during a press conference, Tuesday, the besieged NEC chief did not address growing calls from political circles for her resignation.

Kang Seung-woo | 2022-03-08 15:29

Election watchdog chief apologizes for early voting blunders, vows not to repeat

Ruling party chief discharged from hospital after hammer attack

Ruling party chief discharged from hospital after hammer attack

Ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Song Young-gil was discharged from a hospital Tuesday, a day after he was wounded in a hammer attack while he was campaigning for the party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung. In Monday's attack, a YouTuber in his 70s struck Song in the head from behind with a hammer several times during a campaign stop in Seoul's Sinchon ar...

2022-03-08 14:45

Election watchdog chief apologizes for early voting blunders, vows not to repeat

Election watchdog chief apologizes for early voting blunders, vows not to repeat

The chief of the National Election Commission (NEC) apologized Tuesday for the “mishandling” of ballots of COVID-19 patients and other alleged blunders during last week's early voting, pledging to make sure no such mishaps will happen in Wednesday's election. "As chairperson, I feel responsible for causing confusion and inconvenience due to poor preparation," NEC Chairperson ...

2022-03-08 14:36

Election agency chief under growing pressure to step down

Moon urges voters to take part in presidential election

COVID-19 patients to place ballots directly into boxes

Moon urges voters to take part in presidential election

Moon urges voters to take part in presidential election

President Moon Jae-in urged voters Tuesday to take part in the presidential election, while calling for thorough preparations to prevent lapses shown in early voting and to guarantee COVID-19 infected people's right to vote. Moon made the remarks at a Cabinet meeting, a day before South Koreans vote to pick his successor. In two days of early voting that ended last Saturday, ...

2022-03-08 13:15

Election watchdog chief apologizes for early voting blunders, vows not to repeat

Lee vows to send special envoy to North Korea, freeze public utility charges

Lee vows to send special envoy to North Korea, freeze public utility charges

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung said Tuesday he will send special envoys to the United States, China, Japan and North Korea as soon as he is elected in an effort to help bring lasting peace to the Korean Peninsula. Lee of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea made the remark during a special press conference on the eve of the election, saying he will pursue ...

2022-03-08 13:15

Lee, Yoon to make final campaign rallies in Seoul on eve of election

Lee, Yoon to make final campaign rallies in Seoul on eve of election

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and his main opposition rival Yoon Suk-yeol were set to wrap up their hard-fought campaigns with final rallies in Seoul on the eve of the election Tuesday as both sides claimed they would ultimately emerge victorious.

2022-03-08 10:47

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