president moonjae in, who is constitutionally unable to seek re election. i m joined now byjeongmin kim from the analysis firm korea risk group. shejoins me from seoul. wonderful to have you on the programme. let sjust wonderful to have you on the programme. let s just start by getting a sense of how this election has been described in south korea. what are people telling you? it was like he ust what are people telling you? it was like hejust said, what are people telling you? it was like he just said, a what are people telling you? it was like hejust said, a personality- like hejust said, a personality election, a lot of mudslinging, hatred fuelled campaigning from both sides will stop so people were getting exhausted with the entire election, period, although there were some great policies from both sides, but the focus was very much on the scandals from both family members, spouses, kids, hence it was one of the most uninspiring elections in south korean history and it comes
news, westminster. polls have opened in south korea s presidential election, after a tightly contested race that s been dominated by smear campaigns between the two main candidates. it s a neck and neck race between the governing democratic party s candidate lee jae myung and his conservative opposition rival, yoon suk yeol of the people power party both vying to succeed the incumbent president moonjae in, who is constitutionally unable to seek re election. i m joined now by laura bicker our correspondent in seoul. joining us from right outside a polling station. there she is. great to have you on the programme. what has the voter turnout been out like today? good morning. welcome to the polling station, voter turnout has been busy. i ve heard by nine o clock, already a present of the population have voted, and that comes also in line with around 40% had voted just
north korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast it is the first launch since october. the missile landed in water between the korean peninsula and japan and has sparked an outcry from japan and south korea. here s the south korean president moonjae in. north korea testfired an unidentified project of this morning and there are concerns that this could create tension and to further deepen the stagnation into korean relations. we should not give up hope for dialogue to fundamentally overcome the situation. north korea should make sincere efforts for dialogue, if both south and north korea work together and build trust, wendy, we will have peace. the united nations has banned north korea from launching missile and nuclear tests but this hasn t stopped the country s leader, kim jong un, who s vowed to bolster the north s defences. north korea has carried out a flurry of missile tests over the past year. in september 2021 alone, it tested a new hype
i kind let out a yelp. it was built up, in the anticipation of what was to come, while we were awaiting the last few days. now, we ve been able to process it. fix, days. now, we ve been able to process it process it. a request by kimberley process it. a request by kimberley potter s - process it. a request by i kimberley potter s lawyers process it. a request by - kimberley potter s lawyers for her to be granted bail over christmas was denied by the judge. she s due to be sentenced in february, and faces the possibility of up to 15 years behind bars. the former south korean president park guen hye, who was jailed for 22 years on corruption charges, is to be granted a pardon by the government. miss park was impeached and removed from office in march 2017 after widespread protests in south korea. as laura bicker explains, the current president moonjae in had previously ruled out a pardon. earlier this year, he ruled out a pardon, saying it was premature. remember, this is a liberal p
she was jailed back in march 2017 after being impeached and removed from office and she was sentenced to 22 years. the entire scandal ignited protests right across south korea. it s hard to put into words the kind of ire, the anger on the streets as the links between big business, wealthy family owned conglomerates and the presidential palace were revealed. and when it came to her sentencing, certainly, many people felt that it was the right thing to do in the circumstances, and it showed that justice could be served. she was the first president to be impeached in this way and president moonjae in, the current president, ran to office on the kind of ticket of saying that he would rule out corruption. so that is why it has come as such a surprise. but i would like to just give you a statement