Elections Underway in South Korea Today...

...and the results depend on what they call twitter generation in South Korea. The major issues at stake are rising prices, allegations of sleaze in government and growing discontent over the power of big business, all of which could go against the ruling Saenuri Party.
Many analysts say that the liberal opposition could emerge a surprise winner. Youth votes in South Korea can turn the election in any direction they want and one such example is that of Roh Moo-hyun.
Riding on tide of public discontent for the political establishment, human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in has surged into the running for the presidency after playing a role to unify the disparate centre-left into a single coalition late last year.
In a Korea Times update: "Polls opened at 6 a.m. and will close 12 hours later. As of 11 a.m., 7.89 million people, or 19.6 percent of the registered voters, cast their ballots, according to the website of the country's election regulator, the National Election Commission. The turnout was 0.4 percentage point higher than the the previous general elections in 2008."
It is interesting to note that the eligible voters in Wednesday's polls total about 40 million, 80 percent of Korea's 50 million population. Voters will cast their ballots at a total of 13,470 polling stations across the country according to the national news agency Yonhap.
South Korea's election results weigh heavily on the voter turnout and it is predicted that it must be somewhere between 55-60%. Though the elections are neck and neck but it is most likely that ruling party will be ousted by the progressives.