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South Korea Set To Vote In Crucial Parliamentary Election

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung holds a helmet decorated with green onions during a campaign event as he makes a point about high prices (Credit: AFP)

South Korea will vote Wednesday in key legislative elections that will determine control of the country's parliament -- and whether President Yoon Suk Yeol can advance his socially conservative agenda.

The April 10 election, in which voters will choose members of the 300-seat National Assembly, is widely seen as a referendum on Yoon, who won a 2022 election by the narrowest margin in South Korean history.

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