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We begin with the historic EU referendum in Britain.
Vote results in a few areas came in as the vote counting goes on this morning,… and so far it's still too close to call if the British people have decided to remain or leave the European Union.
Now let's get further details from Arirang's Kwon Jang-ho who's at the News Center.
Jang-ho What do we know so far?
Good morning, Daeun.
It's still early, and only 28 areas out of 382 have declared the results so far. But from those results the Leave campaign is leading by 4 percent.
The Remain camp had been quietly confident of a win leading up to the vote, but the mood has changed drastically as early results showed the leave vote is stronger than expected.
There was an early shock when results from Sunderland, in northern England, showed the leave vote had won by 22 percentage points...much higher than expected.
That sent the Sterling dropping.
None of London's areas have been declared so far, where the remain vote is expected to be strong.
The importance of this vote to the British public can be seen in the fact that turnout is so far is higher than the last general election at 69-percent, even with some terrible weather on Thursday.
And the lead is changing hands as each results come in, so we need to keep watch as the day goes on.
So what happens next? I mean it's still too close, but the leave campaign seems to be doing far better than expected. So what happens if the Leave vote does win today?
Well it will certainly send shockwaves throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
Many are predicting Britain's economy to be hugely affected, with the IMF declaring that it would knock off 5-point-5 percent of UK's GDP.
But today's vote won't mean the UK can leave the EU right away.
It could take anywhere between 5 to 7 years and the political and economic effects are debates are expected to rage on.
The final result should be out by 7 or 8 a.m., BST, -- around 3 to 4 p.m., Korea time.
Whatever happens, many agree that Britain has now become a divided nation.
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