South Koreans living outside of the country began casting their ballots for the April 13 general elections Wednesday. 
The overseas vote for the parliamentary elections kicked off as the first polling station opened in Auckland, New Zealand at 8 a.m. local time, followed by one in Sydney, Australia, according to South Korea's (Yonhap) News Agency. 
The six-day run will be conducted in 198 polling stations in 113 countries worldwide, according to the National Election commission (NEC). 
In New Zealand and Australia, 1,367 and 2,933 people respectively registered to cast their votes. 
A total of 154,217 people, or 7.8 percent of some 1.98 million eligible citizens living abroad, have registered to cast their ballots, the NEC said. 
The commission said that the registration numbers were higher than the previous parliamentary election held in 2012 thanks to the number of increased polling stations and easier registration process.

Source: QNA