SEOUL, South Korea: South Korean voters wore masks and moved slowly between lines of tape at polling stations on Wednesday to elect lawmakers in the shadows of the spreading coronavirus. “We are going through difficult times, but the coronavirus and politics are two different things,” 57-year-old Lee Kum said after voting in capital Seoul. Another Seoul resident, Chung Eun-young, 45, said she arrived at her polling station just after 6 a.m. to avoid long lines. The voting in South Korea draws contrast with an upended election cycle in the United States, where some states pushed back presidential primaries or switched to voting by mail. South Korea has confirmed more than 10,590 infections and 225 deaths from COVID-19 with new cases declining in recent weeks.

Source: Manila Times April 15, 2020 03:22 UTC