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South Koreans head to the polls today to elect a new president. In a tightly fought race, Park Geun-hye of the governing Saenuri party looks to become the country’s first woman president. But putting up a good challenge is the Democratic United Party’s Moon Jae-in who in the weeks leading up to the elections has been slowly eating away at her lead. The winner will replace President Lee Myung-bak who’s at the end of his five year term. Three hours into polls and an 11.6% turnout was repaired. A winner should be clear by the end of the polling day with formal results to be announced by Thursday, December 20th.
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