With no end in sight, election protests enter second month

Protests alleging fraud in South Korea's June 3 local elections have continued for more than a month with no sign of ending, as demonstrators maintain a blockade of the Olympic Handball Stadium in Jamsil, central Seoul, one of the election's vote-counting centers.

When The Korea Herald visited the site on Wednesday, the crowd was noticeably smaller than in the early days of the protests.

Even so, demonstrators maintained a steady presence from morning until evening, with participants rotating th ...