Panorama of South Korean people voting for new President
According to the National Election Commission of Korea, the presidential voting process began at 6 a.m. and lasted until 8 p.m. on June 3 at 14,295 polling stations.
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According to Yonhap, the South Korean presidential election began on June 3, exactly six months after former President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an emergency martial law on the night of December 3, 2024, plunging the country into its worst economic and political crisis in decades. Photo: Yonhap. According to the National Election Commission of Korea, the voting process began at 6 a.m. and lasted until 8 p.m. on June 3 (local time) at 14,295 polling stations nationwide. Photo: People line up to vote at a location in Daegu on June 3, 2025. Photo: Yonhap.
A total of 44,391,871 people registered to vote. Pictured are Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae Myung (left), People Power Party presidential candidate Kim Moon Soo (center) and New Reform Party presidential candidate Lee Jun Seok. Photo: Yonhap. According to the National Election Commission (NEC), as of 11 a.m. on June 3 (local time), the voter turnout in the South Korean presidential election reached 18.3%. Photo: Getty. That's up from 16% in 2022, when turnout was 16%. Photo: Voters line up to vote in Seocho, Seoul, South Korea. Photo: EPA.
More than 15.4 million people voted in two days of early voting last week. Photo: Getty. Early voting turnout reached 34.74 percent, the second highest since the system was introduced in 2014. Photo: People vote at a polling station in Ulsan on June 3. Photo: Yonhap. The National Police Agency said it will deploy 28,590 police officers at 14,295 polling stations to ensure order and safety. Photo: A voter casts his ballot during the presidential election at a polling station in southern Seoul on June 3, 2025. Photo: Yonhap.
A man leaves a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, June 3. Photo: RC. Election officials check ballot sorting machines at a counting station in Seoul on June 2, 2025, ahead of the presidential election. Photo: Yonhap.
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