South Korea Votes for Parliament in Referendum on President

  • Voting finishes at 6 p.m. for all of parliament’s 300 seats
  • Yoon’s party tries to wrest control from progressive bloc
WATCH: South Koreans are voting for a new parliament in what’s effectively a referendum on President Yoon’s performance. Jon Herskovitz reports.Source: Bloomberg
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South Koreans went to polls to elect a new parliament in the only national referendum during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s term, which will determine how much power he will have for his remaining three years in office.