SOUTH KOREANS DECIDES.

Voting is in progress in South Korean , voting started on Thursday, its a presidential election to replace ousted President Park Geun-hye.

According to a statement by the National Election Commission early voters can cast ballots Thursday and Friday at about 3,510 polling stations across the country before the election next Tuesday, 

This is  South Korea's first presidential election with early voting after introducing it for parliamentary and mayoral elections in recent years. Pre-election surveys show liberal candidate Moon Jae-in comfortably leading his two main rivals — a centrist and a conservative.

There are three major candidates are Hong Joon-pyo, Moon Jae-in, Anh Cheol-soo. The winner will be sworn in as the new president immediately, forgoing the usual two-month transition. Park's impeachment and removal from office changed South Korea's election schedule, so the new president will serve one full five-year term.

The former president Park Geun-hye is currently jailed at a detention center near Seoul awaiting her trial on allegations that she extorted money from businesses, took kickbacks from some of those companies and committed other wrongdoing, all in collaboration with a longtime confidante. The trial is to formally start later this May. according to the election commission website there are  42,479,710 eligible voters,in the country .  

Photo: The Three Leading Candidates Hong Joon-pyo, Moon Jae-in, Anh Cheol-soo.(c) channelsnewsasia.com