SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Early voting began Friday ahead of next week’s parliamentary elections, with turnout reaching a record high amid high interest in the vote seen as a midterm referendum on the administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Voters began casting ballots at 3,565 polling stations nationwide at 6 a.m. in the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Early voting for next week’s parliamentary elections will kick off Friday for a two-day run, the election watchdog said. Eligible voters will be able to cast ballots at 3,565 polling stations nationwide from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the two-day period, according to the National Election Commission (NEC). [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Two-day early voting for next week’s local elections ended with a turnout of 20.62 percent on Saturday, the highest for any local elections, the election watchdog said. More than 9.13 million of the country’s 44.3 million eligible voters cast their ballots during early voting for the June 1 local [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans headed to the polls for early voting Friday for next week’s local elections and parliamentary by-elections that can significantly strengthen or undermine the mandate of the new government of President Yoon Suk-yeol less than a month after its launch. Eligible voters can cast ballots at 3,551 polling [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national election commission on Sunday apologized for an alleged poor management of the early voting for the March 9 presidential election, but it dismissed any suggestion of electoral foul play. “We are sorry and regretful for having caused inconvenience during the early voting for COVID-19 patients yesterday,” [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Long voting lines were formed at many polling stations across South Korea on Friday, as the two-day early voting got under way for next week’s presidential election. A polling station at the Yeonje Ward office in Busan, 325 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was seen packed with voters around noon, [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Voter turnout in early voting of next week’s parliamentary elections reached a record high Saturday, the election watchdog said, as people cast ballots in advance to avoid crowds amid fears over the new coronavirus. South Korea is scheduled to hold the quadrennial parliamentary polls Wednesday to elect the 300-seat [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Voters wearing face masks and disposable gloves cast their ballots on Friday, with a number of people queuing in front of polling places near their offices at lunchtime. Having successfully slowed the spread of coronavirus infections recently, South Korea has gone ahead with the quadrennial elections, slated for next [...]