SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling People Power Party (PPP) clinched a resounding victory in local elections, giving the newly inaugurated government of President Yoon Suk-yeol an added mandate to push forward with its agenda. The PPP won 12 out of 17 key races for big city mayors and provincial governors, including Seoul, [...]
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, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Official campaigning for local elections and parliamentary by-elections kicked off Thursday with the ruling and opposition parties looking to expand their presence from the start of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s new government. The 13-day campaign period will last until the eve of the June 1 elections. A total of 7,616 [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of non-Korean nationals eligible to vote in the June 13 local elections surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time, the election watchdog said Monday. The number reached 106,205, more than double the 48,428 recorded for the 2014 local elections, according to the National Election Commission (NEC). [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Central Election Management Committee has developed an application that lets voters know where the nearest voting place is, for the upcoming local elections in Korea which will be held on June 4. The “Election Info” app shows the whereabouts of the nearest polling stations using the location-based service, [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – With Korea’s local elections scheduled on June 4 just around the corner, KT announced that it launched “Olleh biz ICS live broadcasting platform – local election package” with its group affiliate “U Stream Korea.” The service supports live broadcasting of election campaigns so that the voters can watch political [...]