Covid 19 - Dispatch from Seoul | Elections
The parliamentary elections took place yesterday in South Korea. The government took multiple mesures to allow electors to cast their votes in the safest way.
The parliamentary elections took place yesterday in South Korea. The government took multiple mesures to allow electors to cast their votes in the safest way. Each elector had to queue 1 meter from each other and wear a mask. Upon arrival at the door, a first temperature check was processed, then, voters had to wash their hands with sanitizer before picking a pair of disposable gloves. Only then, they were allowed inside to cast their vote.
South Korea was among the first countries to hold a national vote since the pandemic began. The party of President Moon Jae-in has won a decisive victory in those elections, with voters backing the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A candidate campaigning from a truck in Downtown Seoul
Voters queuing with a safety distance on election day in the Yongsan district of Seoul
Voter being checked for body temperature before being allowed to cast his vote.
Disposable gloves are being distributed to each voters
Gloves are then being disposed after the casting process
Volunteers from the ruling party are campaigning on a street of downtown Seoul.
A member of the conservative party finishing a campaign speech from a truck in Downtown Seoul
A conservative candidate visiting a local cafe during his campaign.
Fever checks are not only applied during this electoral process. They are also mandatory for the entrance of most major public and office building in the city.
all images by Tim Franco - get in touch at timfranco@gmail.com for publications.
Ulan Bator | A new Democracy in Mongolia
More photos from a story I have worked on a few month ago about the new democracy in Mongolia. During my time there, I had the chance to visit local herders and resident from the Capital city Ulan Bator as well as prominent politician & Journalists. Here is a few photos taken in the Mongolian Capital city
The smog arriving from the Ger city into the downtown area
The full story is available here
Tim Franco is a documentary and commercial photographer available for assignment all over asia.