D-1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN S. KOREA

Hello and welcome.

You're watching Press Perspective for this Monday June second.

I'm Min Sunhee.

Election day is tomorrow and today we touch upon the latest on the campaign front and more.

For this I have freelance journalist Raphael Rashid here in the studio with me.

Rashid as always it's great to have you here.

I also have Steven Borowiec with Japanese weekly news magazine Nikkei Asia with us.

Steven thank you for making time to be here.

1) Raphael, South Korea saw its second highest turnout for early voting last week at almost 34.7%

2) Steven, do you see this reality affecting voter turnout on June third?

3) Raphael, some pundits are calling this particular presidential election "the grey election" as the number of voters in their 60s and 70s surpass that of voters in their 20s and 30s.

4) Steven, some media outlets point out the political polarization here in South Korea appears more pronounced between the two genders among young first-time voters.

5) Raphael, the political events here in Korea over the past few months have raised concerns about a growing breeding ground for strong leader syndrome.

6) Steven, local media outlets have pointed to North Korea's silence with regard to South Korea's snap election.

7) Raphael, tomorrow June 3rd is election day.

8) Steven, what appears to be the focus of the foreign media as South Korea looks to usher in a new administration on June 4th?

9) And Raphael, I extend the same question to you.

All right.