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The South Korean government is fighting "with all its might" against Covid-19, says President

From CNN’s Jake Kwon in Seoul

South Korean President Moon Jae-in attends a virtual summit at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on April 14. Handout/South Korea Presidential Blue House/AP

The South Korean government is fighting “with all its might to overcome this national crisis,” according to a statement by President Moon Jae-in as his party was expected to celebrate a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.

The election attracted the highest voter turn out in 28 years, despite being held during the coronavirus pandemic.

Early results from Wednesday's vote suggest that Moon's Democratic Party has won 180 of the 300 seats in the National Assembly, boosting the party's total by 60. Full results are expected on Thursday.

If early results are correct, it will be the biggest win by any party since the current democratic constitution was established in 1987.

Moon said the world had "marveled" at the election.

"Our people have orderly participated in the election while adhering to social distancing and disease prevention policies," he said in the statement.

The statement also called the pandemic an “unprecedented national crisis” and thanked the people for “giving strength to our government” in its battle against Covid-19.

"Though we must face this unprecedented national crisis, we will boldly go forth, trusting our people. And we shall win."

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