Seoul, May 30 (IANS) Voters across the country headed to the polls Saturday on the second and last day of early voting for next week’s nationwide local elections, which will decide the next mayors and governors of major local governments, including Seoul and Busan.More than 6.86 million people, or 15.38 per cent, out of 44.6 million registered voters cast their ballots as of 11 a.m. after early voting began at 6 a.m. the previous day, according to the NEC.The voter turnout was higher than the 13…
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Seoul, March 2 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a four-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party as budget minister and a former senior fisheries official as oceans minister, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday. Representative Park Hong-keun has been tapped to lead the Ministry of Planning and Budget, while Hwang Jong-woo, chair of the Korea Maritime Cooperation Center’s international cooperation committee, was named to head the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Lee Kyu-yeon, p…