Here in South Korea,.... it is an election day today.
Voters are choosing some four-thousand officials, including the mayors and governors of 17 cities and provinces, local councilors and education superintendents.
It's been more than six hours since the polling stations opened at 6a.m. local time.
Our Ko Roon-hee is at a station in the Jongno district of central Seoul.
Roon-hee, have you seen a lot of people coming in to vote?
Hello, Ji-yoon.
Like you said, its been more than six hours since 6a.m. and more people have been lining up outside to cast their vote.
At this particular polling station in Jongno district, more than five-hundred people have come by to choose their representatives.
Vote turnout across the country is also increasing sharply as of 11am on this Election day.
The turnout for the entire nation stands at fifteen-point-seven percent.
This means the turnout has almost doubled over the last two hours alone.
Breaking it down by major cities in South Korea..
In Seoul, we stand at fourteen-point-one percent.
In Busan, fifteen-point-five percent.
Daegu at fifteen-point-eight percent, and Incheon at fourteen-point-zero percent.
In Gwangju, the turnout is thirteen-point-eight percent.
Now to quickly give you an overview of this year's election, candidates are competing for
more than four-thousand local administrative, legislative, and educational posts.
This includes 17 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors.
There are also by-elections being held to fill twelve vacant parliamentary seats.
Now, this election is special for South Korea… because it's the first election under the Moon Jae-in administration.
This might serve as an indicator of people's sentiment toward the liberal leader's young administration.
That's all I have for now, but I will bring you more updates in our later newscast. Ji-yoon?
