South Korea is holding local elections today.<br />Voters are choosing some four-thousand officials, including the mayors and governors of 17 cities and provinces, local councilors and education superintendents.<br />It's been more than two hours since the polling stations opened at 6a.m. local time. <br />Our Ko Roon-hee is at a station in the Jongno district of central Seoul.<br />Roon-hee, have you seen a lot of people coming in to vote? <br /><br /> Good to see you again, Mark. <br />It's only been a couple of hours since the doors were opened at 6a.m., but a good amount of voters are filtering in. <br /> More and more people are expected to line up, to choose their representatives for the next four years.<br /><br />For the voter turnout, as of 7am on this Election day...<br />The turnout for the entire nation stands at two-point-two percent. <br />Breaking it down by major cities in South Korea..<br />In Seoul, we stand at one-point-seven percent. <br />In Busan, two-point-zero percent. <br />Daegu at two-point-one percent, and Incheon at one-point-eight percent. <br />In Gwangju, the turnout is one-point-nine percent.<br />Now to quickly give you an overview of this year's election, candidates are competing for more than four-thousand local administrative, legislative, and educational posts.<br />This includes 17 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors. <br />There are also by-elections being held to fill twelve vacant parliamentary seats.<br /> Now, this election is special for South Korea… because it's the first election under the Moon Jae-in administration. <br />This might serve as an indicator of people's sentiment toward the liberal leader's young administration. <br />That's all I have for now, but I will bring you more updates in our later newscast. Mark? <br />
