Ex-top prosecutor appears close to winning South Korea election

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting (Lee Jin-man/AP)

Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor, appears close to winning South Korea’s presidential election.

With more than 92% of the ballots counted as of 2:55am on Thursday, Mr Yoon had a narrow lead with 48.64% of the votes compared to Lee Jae-Myung’s 47.8%.