지방선거 및 재보궐선거, 13일 오전 6시부터 실시
Here in South Korea,.... it is an election day today.
Voters are choosing some four-thousand officials, including the mayors and governors of 17 cities and provinces, local councilors and education superintendents.
It's been more than eight hours since the polling stations opened at 6a.m. local time.
Our Ko Roon-hee is at a station in the Jongno district of central Seoul.
Roon hee we are just hours away from seeing the polling station close,... do we have the latest number on voters turnout ?

Hello, Se-min.
We are halfway done with the election, and many people are still coming in to cast their vote.
At this particular polling station in Jongno district, more than six-hundred people have come by to choose their representatives.

Vote turnout across the country is also increasing sharply as of 1pm on this Election day.
The turnout for the entire nation stands at fourty-three-point-five percent.
This means the turnout has almost tripled over the last two hours alone.
Breaking it down by major cities in South Korea..
In Seoul, we stand at fourty-one-point-three percent.
In Busan, fourty-one-point-zero percent.
Daegu at fourty-point-two percent, and Incheon at thirty-nine-point-zero percent.
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.
This includes 17 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors.
There are also by-elections being held to fill twelve vacant parliamentary seats.
Now, this election is special for South Korea… because it's the first election under the Moon Jae-in administration.
This might serve as an indicator of people's sentiment toward the liberal leader's young administration.
That's all I have for now, but I will bring you more updates in our later newscast. Ji-yoon?