South Korea's 21st legislative elections will be held on April 15, with the candidates -- all mask-clad and avoiding handshakes in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19 -- having begun their official campaigns last week.

And amid a more-than-year-long impasse between the two Koreas, it perhaps doesn't come as a surprise that other issues, such as the government's management of the coronavirus and the economy, have outranked voter interest in the DPRK.