Yoon Votes Early in Busan... "Voting is Both a Sovereign's Right and Duty"

Find Gangseo-gu Myeongji 1-dong Administrative Welfare Center

President Yoon Suk-yeol is casting his ballot into the ballot box at the early voting station in Myeongji 1-dong Administrative Welfare Center, Gangseo-gu, Busan, on the 5th, when early voting for the 22nd National Assembly election began. [Image source=Yonhap News]

President Yoon Suk-yeol cast his early vote on the morning of the 5th at the Myeongji 1-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Gangseo-gu, Busan, the presidential office announced.

Arriving at the Myeongji 1-dong Administrative Welfare Center around 11:05 a.m., President Yoon voted without his wife, First Lady Kim Keon-hee.

Presidential aides accompanying President Yoon on his local schedule included Policy Chief Seong Tae-yoon, Public Relations Chief Lee Do-woon, Economic Chief Park Chun-seop, and Social Chief Jang Sang-yoon.

First Lady Kim has suspended all official public activities for 112 days since returning from accompanying the president on his state visit to the Netherlands on December 15 last year.

During the nationwide local elections held on May 27, 2022, President Yoon cast his early vote together with First Lady Kim at the Itaewon 1-dong early voting station located in the Yongsan-gu Council building in Seoul on the first day of early voting.

Regarding early voting the day before, President Yoon urged through a written briefing, "Voting is not only an exercise of the sovereign's rights but also a duty," and added, "I hope everyone exercises their sovereignty without exception."

The Gangseo-gu district in Busan, where President Yoon cast his early vote, is a newly subdivided area in this general election's constituency delineation and is considered a key region in the Nakdong River belt.

It is the area where former President Roh Moo-hyun ran and lost in the 16th National Assembly election, and as of the end of last year, it had the highest proportion of children nationwide at 21.3%, making it a region with many young voters.

In particular, this area is a fiercely contested battleground where Democratic Party candidate Byun Sung-wan and People Power Party candidate Kim Do-eup are engaged in a close race within the margin of error.

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