Coronavirus: South Koreans cast early votes in presidential election amid record case surge; Singapore opens more travel lanes

South Korea kicked off two days of early voting as the country battles a record wave of coronavirus infections, while data showed inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February as rising costs weighed on voters.New daily cases hit a fresh peak of 266,853 while the number of deaths rose by a record 186 as 3,552 polling stations opened on Friday for early voting. March 9 is election day and health ministry data indicates nearly one million people are expected to be under some sort of Covid-19…

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