Here in South Korea,.... it is an election day 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 six 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 /> Hello, Ji-yoon.<br />Like you said, its been more than six hours since 6a.m. and more people have been lining up outside to cast their vote. <br /> At this particular polling station in Jongno district, more than five-hundred people have come by to choose their representatives. <br /><br />Vote turnout across the country is also increasing sharply as of 11am on this Election day.<br /> The turnout for the entire nation stands at fifteen-point-seven percent. <br />This means the turnout has almost doubled over the last two hours alone.<br />Breaking it down by major cities in South Korea..<br />In Seoul, we stand at fourteen-point-one percent. <br />In Busan, fifteen-point-five percent. <br />Daegu at fifteen-point-eight percent, and Incheon at fourteen-point-zero percent. <br />In Gwangju, the turnout is thirteen-point-eight percent.<br /> Now to quickly give you an overview of this year's election, candidates are competing for <br />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. Ji-yoon? <br />
