Overseas S. Korean troops begin voting in upcoming presidential election: JCS

South Korean troops deployed overseas began casting their ballots for the 21st Presidential Election back on Tuesday.

The Hanbit Unit in South Sudan and the Dongmyeong Unit in Lebanon both deployed as part of UN peacekeeping operations set up polling stations within their bases with officials from the defense and foreign ministries and the National Election Commission dispatched as observers.

Members of the Akh Unit deployed to the UAE are voting at the Korean Embassy there while the Cheonghae Unit is heading to the Korean Embassy in Oman.