Coronavirus pandemic turns political tide in President Moon Jae-in's favour. FMTNews
National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at a gymnasium in Seoul yesterday.
Its sister party was expected to win another 17 proportional representation seats – due to be declared later Thursday – for a total of 180. And his so-called “coronavirus diplomacy” – such as recent publicity on his bilateral phone calls with at least 20 state leaders regarding epidemic response – boosted Koreans’ confidence in his administration, said Minseon Ku, a politics scholar at Ohio State University in the United States.
All voters were required to wear protective masks, clean their hands with sanitiser and don plastic gloves, and undergo temperature checks on arrival at the polling station. Meanwhile UFP heavyweights former prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn and ex-parliamentary floor leader Na Kyung-won failed to be reelected.
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