Ballot storage box goes missing a day after court preservation order

A storage box at the center of a ballot shortage controversy in Songpa-gu, southern Seoul, was found missing Wednesday, a day after a court ordered its preservation as evidence.

The box was one of four pieces of evidence that the Seoul Eastern District Court had ordered preserved.

Its absence is likely to fuel criticism from groups that have questioned the voting process and called for a rerun of the June 3 local elections.

The box's absence was discovered when court officials visited the pollin ...