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[Domestic] : The blockade of a ballot-counting center in Seoul’s Songpa district related to ballot shortages during the June 3 local elections has entered its fifth day. Police estimated that the crowd gathered at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, which was the designated counting center in the district, had ... [more...]

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Protest over ballot shortage continues for 5th day

Protesters continued to rally outside a vote-counting facility in Seoul for the fifth day Tuesday, demanding a re-run of last week's local elections over ballot shortages at some polling stations. As of 10 a.m., some 200 protesters surrounded SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Songpa Ward, according to an unofficial police estimate. The number was sharply down from about 2,000 on Monday afternoon. Tens of thousands of people had amassed at the stadium over the weekend to protest the ballot shortag

Protest over ballot shortage in local elections enters 4th day

Hundreds of protesters rallied for a fourth straight day Monday outside a vote-counting facility in Seoul, demanding a new election over ballot shortages during last week's local elections. As of 9:30 a.m., approximately 950 protesters surrounded SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Songpa Ward, according to an unofficial police estimate. Protesters blocked the stadium's 10 entrances to prevent the removal of ballot boxes. It marked a sharp drop in the number of protesters after around 8,000 people

Young voters gather to challenge election results

On Sunday morning in southern Seoul, the scene did not look like the election-related rallies South Korea has grown used to in recent years. A crowd had gathered outside the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, where ballot boxes from Jamsil 7-dong’s second polling station were brought for vote counting after a ballot paper shortage was reported there. Young men and women stood alongside parents with babies and children, while a few US flags were visible among those calling for a rerun of Wednesday’s

Protest over ballot shortage continues after voting disruptions

A protest over voting disruptions caused by a ballot paper shortage during the June 3 local elections continued into Saturday. Protesters remained gathered outside the Handball Gymnasium at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, eastern Seoul, on Saturday afternoon. The venue was being used as a vote-counting center. Roughly 3,000 demonstrators were present as of 1:30 p.m., according to an unofficial police estimate. The protest initially took place at a polling station in Songpa-gu. It, however, shifted to

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