South Korea's final election voter turnout is 79.4%, the highest since 1997

Odaily News According to the Central Election Commission of South Korea on the evening of June 3, the final voter turnout for the 21st South Korean presidential election was 79.4%, setting a record for the highest voter turnout for a South Korean presidential election since 1997. The exit polls released by the three major TV stations, Korea Broadcasting Corporation (KBS), Korea Cultural Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), and Seoul Broadcasting Corporation (SBS), showed that Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, will win the election with an overwhelming advantage beyond the margin of error. Lee Jae-myung had previously proposed issuing a Korean won stablecoin to prevent capital outflows. (Jinshi)