Over 15 million South Koreans cast their ballots as of Friday during early voting session in anticipation of the June 3 special presidential election to replace ousted former President Yoon Suk-yeol.
Early voting in the election began on Thursday morning and culminated at 6 p.m. local time on Friday, according to the South Korean Yonhap News Agency. The turnout on Thursday broke records, but Friday’s early voting total came in slightly below the record-high in 2022, when Yoon defeated the leftist frontrunner in the current election, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party. Nearly 35 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the early voting session.
Both major South Korean parties, the Democrats and the conservative People Power Party (PPP), have actively
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