Democracy beats the coronavirus in South Korea as election voters turn out in record numbers
Voters leave a polling station in Seoul after casting ballots in the parliamentary election.
As the votes were still being tallied, U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo congratulated South Korea on holding “successful” elections in the midst of a pandemic. “South Korea’s dedication to democratic values and a free and open society is what the world needs to fight #COVID19,” heVoters on Wednesday included two women 116 years of age as well as 18-year-olds newly allowed to vote thanks to a lowered voting age.
A poll worker observes as a voter enters a booth for quarantined citizens in Seoul. Such voters cast ballots after polls had closed for other voters.Lee Che-hwa, 33, said that before coming out to vote Wednesday, he’d largely stayed indoors out of coronavirus concerns since losing his job at a hostel a month ago, when travel dried up because of the pandemic.
“This is not just Korea,” he said. “It’s going to be a worldwide problem of how we’re going to survive.”
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