South Korea Locel Electıons

epa02183815 Supporters of Han Myung Sook, a candidate for the mayor of Seoul watch the progress of the poll on screen at the Democratic Party office in Seoul, South Korea, 02 June, 2010. Exit polls predicted a close race between the ruling partythe main opposition in South Korean local polls held as relations with communist North Korea deteriorated over the sinking of a Southern warship. The local elections for more than 4,000 provincial governors, mayors, councillors as well as top education officials are widely seen as an important gauge of support for conservative President Lee Myung Bak?s handling of the crisis.  EPA/KIM HEE- CHUL