Korea Election May Hang on Youth as Park Seeks Women Votes

Shin So Yoon had wanted to spend tomorrow’s national holiday in Seoul indulging her appreciation of “Edward Scissorhands” director Tim Burton’s works. Instead, she’ll be skipping the exhibition and voting.

How many of the 29-year-old high school nutritionist’s generation join her in South Korean voting booths tomorrow may determine whether Park Geun Hye, daughter of the nation’s 1970s military dictator, or Moon Jae In, a former human-rights lawyer, becomes president. In the last election, when Park’s party won, voters in their late 20s made up the lowest share of votes.