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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Claire Lee and Kang Jin-kyu

Yoon Faces Rebuke In Divisive South Korea Vote

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) commented on the price of green onions while visiting a market earlier this year, unwittingly handing his opponents a campaign trail cudgel (Credit: AFP)

South Koreans head to the polls Wednesday in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign focused largely on resentment, personalities -- and onions.

The outcome could see the opposition Democratic Party (DP) of Yoon's arch-rival Lee Jae-myung -- victim of a knife attack in January -- increase its majority, potentially by enough to try and impeach the president.

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