Election officials prepare a polling station at Seongbuk-dong Community Service Center in Seoul, Tuesday, one day before voting begins for the June 3 local elections. Yonhap
Koreans will head to polling stations to select their local government chiefs and council members as voting for the ninth local elections begins Wednesday.
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 14,288 locations nationwide.
Voters will elect 16 metropolitan city mayors and provincial governors, 227 local government heads, 3,973 local council members and 16 education superintendents.
By-elections for 14 National Assembly seats will also be held alongside the local polls.
