S.Koreans vote in parliamentary election amid Covid-19 outbreak

A South Korean Confucian scholar wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus casts his vote for the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Nonsan, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. -AP

SEOUL (Xinhua): South Korean voters went to the polls for parliamentary election Wednesday (April 15) amid the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the National Election Commission.

The election to vote for 300 members of the National Assembly, which began from 6am local time, would last for 12 hours at 14,330 polling stations across the country.