SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears of the coronavirus didn’t stop South Koreans even in self-isolation from voting Wednesday. A prerequisite was that those who were self-isolating cast their ballots after the regular voting hours that ended at 6 p.m. They were required to arrive at designated polling stations on foot or by their [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Back in North Korea, Ji Seong-ho saw elections as nothing more than a formality, because even a vote against the ruling Workers’ Party-picked candidates, let alone criticism of the government, could land voters in prison. Running for office was an unthinkable privilege reserved for elites and well-connected people. That’s [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Educational authorities will make sure high school students can receive education about how to exercise their rights as democratic citizens after the country’s minimum voting age was lowered to 18 last month, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae has said. “The voting age reduction is meaningful, and we will provide democratic [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Korean teenagers directly called on the National Assembly to pass fast-track bills on electoral reform so that they can participate in next year’s general elections. The Candlelight Coalition for the Enactment of Human Rights Law for Youth, comprised of 370 civil groups, held a rally [...]
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Republican candidate Young Kim, who was expected to become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress, has been defeated by Democratic rival Gil Cisneros in California’s 39th district, a report said Saturday. The South Korea-born politician took the lead in initial vote counting in the Nov. 6 election. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As a season of elections, both parliamentary and presidential, dawn upon Turkey, a series of disparaging and distorted press reports on South Korea have been published. On May 31, Turkish daily Yeni Şafak published a column that criticized the current discourse calling for a “Korean model” of economic development, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean minors who have yet to reach the legal voting age also chose Moon Jae-in as the new president in a mock election arranged by YMCA Korea. Of a total of 51,715 votes, President Moon received 39.14 percent of all ballots at 20,245, officials said Wednesday. Unlike the [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in’s term as South Korea’s new head of state was officially launched early Wednesday, only one day after the nation held a rare presidential by-election. Moon’s presidency began even before an inauguration ceremony as his election was a result of the rare by-election that sought to fill the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Election Commission has warned voters and the media ahead of the presidential election scheduled for next month that big data analysis must not be confused with election polls. The independent agency that overlooks elections and referendums said in a statement yesterday that the results of big data [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The official electioneering period for the country’s upcoming presidential election began Monday with 15 hopefuls vying for the top elected office. The 22-day campaign period will end one day before the May 9 election, according to the National Election Commission. A total of 15 candidates registered to run for [...]