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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Soo-hyang Choi

Teen candidates in local South Korea races reveal youth vote's power

Noh Seo-jin, a 19-year-old college student and a proportional representation candidate of the Justice Party for the Seoul City Council, takes part in an election campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea, May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

After political science student Noh Seo-jin finished class on Tuesday, the 19-year-old headed out for the last time to a campaign event with a yellow campaign jacket in her backpack and ambitions of becoming the Seoul city council's youngest member.

Noh is one of seven teenagers running for public office in South Korea's local elections on Wednesday, the first since the minimum age for local government council members and leaders was lowered in December to 18 from 25.

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