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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
This just in
We have a winner. Lee Myung-bak (a.k.a. candidate number 2, a.k.a. the front-runner, a.k.a. the guy with the dance) has just gotten enough votes to be declared the winner. I guess in Korea you don't have to wait around for your opponents to concede.
You heard it here first. More on the election coverage shortly.
You heard it here first. More on the election coverage shortly.
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Two opponants, Lee Hoi-chang and Chung Dong-young conceded earlier.
ReplyDeleteAh, I guess I missed that. When we turned on the TV, we saw the numbers of votes counted for Lee and Chung thus far. Lee was clearly ahead, but did not yet have a sufficient number of votes to be confirmed as the winner. KBS was already interviewing him and speaking to him as the likely winner.
ReplyDeleteAt some point when he got the necessary number of votes, KBS announced Lee as the winner (당선자), put up the graphic pictured in the post, and then showed footage of his motorcade whisking him through Seoul to wherever he gave his victory speech.
Either the concession speeches were before we turned the TV on, or they didn't show footage and only spoke about them. I could have easily missed it if they didn't show pictures.
I am fascinated by the hats that the singing group in blue are wearing, either baseball or blue santa hats, or those black doo-rag headcoverings.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, c-span ran a conference on Korean experts after the election. These were academics and think tank people who discussed what the government may do.
Love this!