Early voting starts for election triggered by martial law


Done and dusted: Lee Jun-seok, the presidential candidate for South Korea’s New Reform Party, casting his early vote at a polling station in Hwaseong. — Reuters

Early voting in South Korea’s presidential elections began with both main candidates casting ballots in a poll triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk-yeol’s ill-fated suspension of civilian rule last year.

South Koreans are desperate to draw a line under months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon’s declaration of martial law, for which he was impeached.

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