Thoughts on the Korean Election, of which I only understood a little

The Korean election was yesterday, and while it was supposed to be a national holiday, us private school teachers had to work. So while everyone was sleeping in and recovering from their previous night of drinking soju, we began our day of work.
Things I learnt from the Korean election:
- each presidential candidate has a number, so on every poster there is a number. This year there were 12 candidates, too many according to my students.
- #8 candidate was a comedian. He said he would give $100 000 to every newly married couple. The colour of his face was also different than the colour of his neck because of all the make up he wore (according to my students)
- #2 won despite huge scandals about his company and tax evasion, he was the former mayor of Seoul and people like his decisiveness.
- voter turn out was the lowest in south Korea's history, which doesn't really surprise me as its a natural progression. As a country becomes more stabilized people realize/think that a president (or prime minister) can not really make that much of a change and they have no motivation to vote.
- #2 won because he is conservative and will supposedly help the economy. The Korea Times headline is "Koreans vote for economy." I think the korean economy has been slower recently and #2 wants to push the economy from 13th largest to 7h largest, which is impressive considering South Korea was impoverished after the war. I think its from the work ethic.

Anyway, thats all i got for now. Its time for lunch.