SEOUL: South Koreans voted Wednesday in legislative elections clouded by North Korean nuclear threats and the multiple challenges facing Asia’s fourth-largest economy, as President Park Geun-hye enters the final stretch of her term in office.

Political power in South Korea is firmly concentrated in the presidency, and elections to the single-chamber national assembly are traditionally dominated by local issues.

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