This photo taken on May 22, 2025 shows CGI animated graphics depicting (L-R) Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party and Kim Moon-soo, the ruling People Power Party nominee, as they plunge toilets on a computer monitor at the headquarters of broadcaster SBS in Seoul. - AFP
SEOUL: Two candidates vying to be president vigorously plunge a toilet, kick a football, then pop open a soda - it can only be South Korean election night, where whacky graphics strive to make vote-counting fun.
"Harry Potter", "Squid Game", a rigorous spinning class... no reference is too small or too bizarre to be mined by broadcaster SBS for outlandish CGI-animated graphics to attract viewers - and, the journalists behind it say, make politics more accessible and engaging.
