Top constitutional leaders agree on sweeping changes to election management

South Korea’s top constitutional leaders have agreed to pursue a sweeping overhaul of the country’s election management system and hold officials accountable for the ballot shortages that marred the June 3 local elections, according to Cheong Wa Dae.

The outcome came after President Lee Jae Myung held a meeting with newly-elected National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik, Chief Justice Jo Hee-de, President of the Constitutional Court Kim Sang-hwan and outgoing Prime Minister Kim Min-seok at Cheong ...