May 8, 2017 7:29 PM

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South Koreans to elect new President tomorrow

South Koreans will elect a new President tomorrow, months ahead of schedule, after a corruption scandal that felled conservative President Park Geun-hye. <br/><br/>The poll comes amid major tensions with North Korea, rising youth unemployment and bubbling anger among the electorate over corruption. <br/><br/>Liberal Moon Jae-in, a human rights lawyer, has dominated opinion polls and is the clear front-runner. His closest rivals are Ahn Cheol-soo, a centre-left IT multi-millionaire, and Hong Joon-pyo, the ruling party candidate. <br/><br/>Record numbers cast their ballots in early voting last week and turn-out is expected to be high.<br/><br/>South Korea is still reeling from the money-for-influence scandal that engulfed the former President, who is currently awaiting trial after being impeached.

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