South Korea votes amid economic growth as election season reaches its climax: North Korea high on agenda as Korean Peninsula sees increasing disparity

South Koreans vote in presidential election

AFP

South Koreans went to the polls Wednesday to choose a new president in a close and potentially historic election that could result in Asia’s fourth-largest economy getting its first female leader. Voters face a clear choice between the ruling conservative party candidate Park Geun-Hye and her liberal…