PHOTOS: People visit poll booths to vote for new president

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.

취임식 — 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.

Cho Bo Hee jobo@ajupress.com

PHOTOS: People visit poll booths to vote for new president

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