Parliamentary committee conducts on-site inspection over ballot shortages

A parliamentary committee inspected a sealed ballot counting site in southern Seoul on Thursday after police cleared protesters who had blocked access to the venue for nearly a month over ballot shortages in the June 3 local elections.

The inspection at Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu lasted about 40 minutes and marked the first time lawmakers entered the site since protesters began blocking the arena 27 days ago.

The gymnasium has been inaccessible since June 5, when two ballot box ...