(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121219-sk-da-01.photoblog900.jpg)Ha Kyung-min / Newsis via ReutersCatholic nuns stand in a line to cast their ballots in the presidential election at a polling station in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 19, 2012. (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121219-sk-da-03.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Jung Yeon-je / AFP - Getty ImagesPresidential candidate Park Geun-hye, wearing a reindeer antler headband given to her by a campaigner, smiles at a campaign rally in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2012.
Reuters reports — The daughter of South Korea's former military ruler appeared to be leading in Wednesday's presidential vote (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50245059), putting her on track to become the country's first woman head of state, although her narrow advantage meant the race was set to go to the wire.
A win for the 60-year old conservative Park Geun-hye would see her return to the presidential palace where she served as her father's first lady in the 1970s after Park's mother was assassinated by a North Korean-backed gunman.
Exit polls released by three broadcasters showed Park had 50.1 percent of the vote against 48.9 percent for her left-wing challenger, human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in.
Read the full story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50245059).Follow @NBCNewsPictures (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsPictures) (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121219-sk-da-02.photoblog900.jpg)Lee Jae-won / ReutersYoo Bok-yeob, center, a 72-year-old village schoolmaster, casts his ballot with family members at a polling station in Nonsan on Dec. 19, 2012.
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