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It’s just after lunchtime at a central Seoul market and a crowd in hot pink jackets is gathering.
Pink is the color of the country’s main opposition party, the conservative United Future Party, and this crowd of supporters is staging a legal campaign rally ahead of Wednesday’s election of 300 members of the National Assembly.
Large public gatherings are a jarring sightduring a pandemic.
But South Korea has never postponed an election — and the coronavirus is not stopping this one.
Like many democracies around the world, South Korea has been faced with a predicament: how to hold an election during a pandemic without spreading the virus.
At least 47 countries have postponed elections due to the coronavirusoutbreak, including Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, France and Ethiopia. Others, like the United States and New Zealand, are still deciding whether to proceed with their scheduled votes.
Read more about the challenges of holding an election during a global pandemic here:
