Politics

Polls Open For South Korea's General Election

South Koreans start casting their ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign. 


9th April 2024 10:11 PM

South Korean voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in key legislative elections that would determine control of the country's parliament and whether President Yoon Suk Yeol can advance his socially conservative agenda.

Voters who had been waiting outside were admitted to a polling station in the Gwangjin district of Seoul at 6:00 am. 

Reporters saw, citizens placing their ballot papers in a box in front of a watching official, to choose the country's next 300-seat parliament.