ROK Lawmakers Move to Lower Voting Age to 18 Before Presidential Election

It looks like some high school students in South Korea will have the opportunity to vote in the next South Korean presidential election:

The voting age is likely to be lowered to 18 for the 2017 presidential election.

The New Conservative Party for Reform (NCPR), created by lawmakers who left the Saenuri Party, said Wednesday that it will seek to lower the voting age from 19 to 18 and apply it to the next election.

With all three opposition parties supporting an increase in the number of eligible voters, there is a high possibility that the Election Lw could be revised during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in January.

If revised, those who are 18, currently high school students, will be able to vote in the presidential election, which could take place earlier than scheduled. [Korea Times]