South Korea votes in tight presidential race with inequality top concern

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by Cat BARTON / Kang Jin-kyu SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Koreans are voting Wednesday in a tightly fought presidential election with the deciding votes set to be cast by young people, whose top concerns are economic inequality and unemployment — not recent sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North. Official figures showed high turnout of about 65 percent by 2 pm (0500 GMT), after record early voting, following a campaign dominated by mud-slinging between the […]