South Korean party chairman attacked with hammer by 70-year-old youtuber

Song was rushed to the hospital bleeding, where he received several stitches. He should be stable by now.

The perpetrator turned out to be a 70-year-old YouTuber who had been following Song for a long time, according to videos on his channel. He gave South Korea’s recent military exercises with the US as a motive. He wanted to save young people a world full of war, he said.

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Yook Suk-yeol of the conservative People’s Power Party is running against reigning President Lee Jae-myung in the presidential election. Elections will be held the day after tomorrow, but South Koreans were also allowed to vote early until Sunday. Those two days yielded a record turnout of 37 percent.

However, there were complaints that the voting process was sometimes difficult. For example, there were long lines at polling stations that were set up especially for corona patients. The electoral commission has apologized for this and promised to get better by next Wednesday.

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