South Korea heads to polls to replace ousted Park

South Koreans began voting on Tuesday in a special election to replace ousted leader Park Geun-hye, the culmination of months of political discord marked by the country's biggest street protests since the 1980s.

Polls opened at 6am (7am AEST) and will close at 8pm, with exit polls released shortly afterward. A winner is expected sometime around midnight in Seoul.

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