Yi Whan-woo is a Korea Times journalist primarily covering finance. He writes in-depth articles on macroeconomy and financial markets and previously covered sports, politics, diplomacy and inter-Korean affairs, among others. Feel free to contact him at yistory@koreatimes.co.kr.
Voting at Kyrgyz embassy
A voter casts a ballot in the Kyrgyz presidential election at a polling station installed in the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Seoul, Jan. 10. The election came after the October 2020 parliamentary elections that resulted in mass protests over irregularities in the results and led to the resignation of Sooronbai Jeenbekov as president. Frontrunner Sadyr Japarov who was the prime minister under Jeenbekov won by a landslide in the 2021 presidential election. / Yonhap
By Yi Whan-woo