PHOTOS: People visit poll booths to vote for new president
By Cho Bo HeePosted : June 3, 2025, 16:55Updated : June 3, 2025, 16:55
SEOUL, June 03 (AJP) - The day has come for South Koreans to choose a new leader to steer the nation through crisis. Voting for the 21st presidential election began at 6 a.m. on Jun. 3 at 14,295 polling stations nationwide.
The incoming president will face the daunting task of navigating economic and security challenges both at home and abroad, while also addressing a deepening crisis in democracy and growing social divisions that followed the Dec. 3 martial law declaration and the impeachment of the former president.
Voters cast their ballots at the Ganseok 4-dong No. 2 Voting Station inside Seokcheon Senior Center in Namdong District, Incheon, on Jun. 3. YONHAP
Voters line up early in the morning at Seocho 4-dong No. 3 Voting Station inside Wonmyung Elementary School in Seocho District, Seoul, on Jun. 3. YONHAP
An elderly voter casts his ballot at the Buam 1-dong No. 4 Voting Station inside Busanjin District Office on Jun. 3. YONHAP
Citizens vote at the polling station inside Guro District Citizens’ Hall in Seoul on Jun. 3. YONHAP
Voters stand in line at the Yeouido No. 4 Voting Station inside Yeouido Middle School in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo District on Jun. 3. YONHAP
Voters cast their ballots at the Guro 5-dong No. 1 Voting Station inside a wedding hall in Guro District, Seoul, on Jun. 3. YONHAP
Baek Sambong, 104, votes at a polling station set up in the Jinwol-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Nam District, Gwangju, on Jun. 3. Courtesy of Nam District Office.
On Jun. 3, the day of the 21st presidential election, preparations for the upcoming presidential inauguration are underway at the Rotunda Hall of the National Assembly in Seoul’s Yeouido. YONHAP
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