Police seek arrest warrant for woman over solo blockade of vote counting center

Police said Thursday they have applied for an arrest warrant for a woman who staged a solo blockade of a vote counting center last month amid protests demanding a rerun of the June 3 local elections.

The woman is accused of standing outside a door to the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul, which had been used as a ballot counting center, on June 16 and preventing sports groups based at the stadium from entering.

The woman had refused to move despite Jang Dong-hyeok, leader of the ...