SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Tuesday there were votes against candidates for deputies to local assemblies in the latest local elections, marking the first time that the repressive regime has reported opposing votes in its elections. A total of 27,858 workers, peasants, intellectuals and officials were elected new deputies for local [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cast his ballot in local elections held over the weekend to pick new deputies for local assemblies of provinces, cities and counties across the nation, state media reported Monday, with voter turnout recorded at almost 100 percent. Kim visited a polling station set up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol highlighted the risks of disinformation as he attended the global AI Safety Summit by videoconference from Seoul, his office said Friday. Yoon took part in the inaugural event held at Bletchley Park in central England on Thursday (local time) to discuss global cooperation measures for [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The final turnout in Wednesday’s local elections was tentatively tallied at 50.9 percent, the second-lowest ever for local elections, the election watchdog said. Out of the total 44.3 million eligible voters, about 22.5 million nationwide had cast their ballots as of 7:30 p.m., when the voting closed, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — COVID-19 patients will be able to vote in the June 1 local elections and parliamentary by-elections at the same polling stations as uninfected voters after the regular voting session is over, the state election watchdog said Friday. The patients will be allowed to vote between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Friday passed a bill that lowers the age of candidacy for parliament and local elections from 25 to 18. Under the bill, which is expected to be endorsed by the Cabinet next month, anyone aged 18 and above can run for a seat in the [...]
CHEONGJU, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The landscape of student president elections at elementary schools has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. As elementary schools began the new school year late on Monday, elections for student presidents, normally held in March, have just taken place. Buyong Elementary School, located in Yeongdong County, North Chungcheong Province, [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — After the parliamentary elections on April 15, election promotional banners that will be discarded will be recycled into shopping bags and garbage bags. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Environment had distributed guidelines containing such information to local governments across the country to push for recycling measures. The guidelines included [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is exploring ways to permit those in self-isolation over the new coronavirus to cast their ballots in next week’s parliamentary elections while minimizing the risk of infection, officials said Wednesday. The National Election Commission (NEC), the election watchdog, is in talks with the government over ways to [...]