World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Turnout Low for Local Elections
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A record low number of voters turned out for the first local elections in South Korea in 30 years. Returns showed that 55% of the 24 million eligible voters voted, compared with 89% in the 1987 presidential election. Officials blamed apathy and a campaign marred by scandal. The voting was for legislative councils in small cities, counties and municipal wards, the lowest level of the new system of local government. Results are to be announced today.
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