South Koreans headed to the polls on Tuesday for the presidential election, casting their ballots in unexpected locations such as a Korean barbecue restaurant, a baseball training center and even a ssireum wrestling ring. Some voters brought children or dogs along for the occasion.

As of 2 p.m., more than 65 percent of eligible voters had voted, slightly higher than the previous presidential election, according to the National Election Commission.

A voter casts a ballot while holding a dog at a polling station set up at Dongmyung girls' high school in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, on Tuesday, the day of South Korea’s 21st presidential election. (Yonhap)
A voter casts a ballot while holding a dog at a polling station set up at Dongmyung girls' high school in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, on Tuesday, the day of South Korea’s 21st presidential election. (Yonhap)
Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at a polling station set up inside a Korean barbecue restaurant in Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)
Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at a polling station set up inside a Korean barbecue restaurant in Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)
A voter casts a ballot on Tuesday at a polling station set up inside the indoor training facility of an elementary school baseball team in Seoul. (Yonhap)
A voter casts a ballot on Tuesday at a polling station set up inside the indoor training facility of an elementary school baseball team in Seoul. (Yonhap)

Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at a polling station set up inside the indoor ssireum wrestling arena at Seongnam Sports Complex in Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)
Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at a polling station set up inside the indoor ssireum wrestling arena at Seongnam Sports Complex in Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)
A voter casts a ballot with a child on Tuesday at a polling station set up in Seocho-gu, Seoul. (Yonhap)
A voter casts a ballot with a child on Tuesday at a polling station set up in Seocho-gu, Seoul. (Yonhap)
Lee Yong-geum, registered as a 121-years-old, exits a polling station set up in Okcheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province, with her daughter, after participating in Tuesday's presidential election. (Yonhap)
Lee Yong-geum, registered as a 121-years-old, exits a polling station set up in Okcheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province, with her daughter, after participating in Tuesday's presidential election. (Yonhap)

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