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Wed, October 4, 2023 | 18:31

Early voting for presidential election ends with record 36.93% turnout

Early voting for presidential election ends with record 36.93% turnout

Two-day early voting for the March 9 presidential election ended Saturday with a record turnout of 36.93 percent, reflecting high voter interest in what is expected to be one of the closest presidential races in history.

2022-03-06 11:02

National election commission apologizes over poor management of early voting

National election commission apologizes over poor management of early voting

National election commission apologizes over poor management of early voting

South Korea's national election commission apologized Sunday for alleged poor management of the early voting for the March 9 presidential election, but it dismissed any suggestion of electoral foul play.

2022-03-06 10:28

Early voting for presidential election ends with record 36.93% turnout

Candidates differ on how to win peace on Korean Peninsula

Candidates differ on how to win peace on Korean Peninsula

With North Korea steadily modernizing its arsenal of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the new president of South Korea will have to work hard to deal with the decades-long unresolved issue upon inauguration in May. The two leading presidential candidates for the March 9 election - Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and Yoon Suk-yeol of the main...

2022-03-06 09:00

Early voting for COVID patients tainted by allegations of mishandled ballots

Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected

Rival candidates ramp up campaigns amid high early voting turnout

Rival candidates ramp up campaigns amid high early voting turnout

The rival presidential candidates ramped up their campaigns in swing provinces on the second and final day of early voting Saturday, with high voter interest in the tight race expected to lead to a record turnout.

2022-03-05 21:18

Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected

Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected

Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected

The two main presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung of the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), were in a neck-and-neck race in opinion polls conducted before March 2. But the effects of Yoon's unification of candidacies with Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition conservative People's Party, announce...

2022-03-05 09:00

Candidates differ on how to win peace on Korean Peninsula

Rival candidates ramp up campaigns amid high early voting turnout

Tight presidential race attracting record turnout in early voting

Tight presidential race attracting record turnout in early voting

With the two main rival parties, the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP), actively encouraging their supporters to participate in early voting for the 20th presidential election, the turnout is expected to reach a record high. The turnout on the first day was 17.6 percent, compared with 11.7 percent from...

2022-03-04 17:38

Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected

Dos and don'ts on Election Day

Dos and don'ts on Election Day

Dos and don'ts on Election Day

With the country's 20th presidential election set to take place on March 9, there are several things that voters should be aware of when casting their ballots.

2022-03-04 12:50

Tight presidential race attracting record turnout in early voting

Will Korea's east-west political divide occur again this election?

Will Korea's east-west political divide occur again this election?

Though not a big nation, Korea has long been divided whenever voters head to the polls. Voters in the nation's western regions sweepingly support liberal candidates, whereas their counterparts in the eastern regions predominantly vote for conservative party candidates. The vote divide between Korea's east and west is similar to how the United States has, in recent years, beco...

2022-03-04 12:45

Gender divide among younger voters shapes election

Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected

Yoon wrestling with misogynist image

Yoon wrestling with misogynist image

Prosecutor-turned-presidential hopeful Yoon Suk-yeol struggled to redefine his image as a respectable candidate who has no bias against feminism throughout the third and final pre-election debate that aired Wednesday night on three TV broadcast networks.

2022-03-04 07:55

Ahn pulls out of race with eye on coalition government with Yoon

Ahn pulls out of race with eye on coalition government with Yoon

People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, who was in No. 3 position according to surveys for several months, withdrew his presidential bid to support main opposition People Power Party (PPP) candidate Yoon Suk-yeol. Ahn's decision to drop out of the presidential race came as a surprise to many, mainly because he reiterated several times his unshakable will to run t...

2022-03-03 17:02

Ahn Cheol-soo steps aside for Yoon Suk-yeol

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