SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas voters will cast their ballots for the May 9 presidential election this week, the national election watchdog said Monday. Voting will begin in Auckland, New Zealand on Tuesday and run through Sunday at 204 polling stations in 116 countries, the National Election Commission said. It will be 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, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of overseas South Korean nationals will take part in the country’s upcoming presidential election, the election watchdog said Monday. According to the National Election Commission (NEC), a total of 294,633 overseas voters have signed up for the May 9 election. Registration for overseas voters ended March [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 2 million overseas South Koreans will be allowed to vote in the country’s upcoming presidential election, the election watchdog said Friday. According to the National Election Commission (NEC), there were about 1.98 million overseas South Koreans eligible to vote in the May 9 presidential election. The number will [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The liberal Democratic Party on Thursday launched an investigation into a possible leak of information on the outcome of a poll that will make up a part of its in-house election to name its presidential candidate. The move came one day after the party held a one-day polling of [...]