On 17th April Sabine Burghart joined Duncan McCargo for the first episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast, a podcast series co-hosted by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based in Copenhagen and the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Turku. Sabine Burghart shared with us her insights on the recently held South Korean elections, ranging from the organisation of parliamentary elections under a global pandemic to the representation of women in the new legislature.