SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans went to the polls Wednesday in crucial parliamentary elections that could determine whether President Yoon Suk Yeol will fall into a lame duck situation or be able to move his agenda forward with legislative support during the remaining three years in office. Voting kicked off at 6 [...]
INCHEON, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A YouTuber in his 40s has been referred to prosecutors for further investigation and potential indictment on charges of installing spy cameras at about 40 polling stations ahead of the April 10 parliamentary elections, officials said Friday. The YouTuber has been under police custody since last week as a [...]
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). [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean voters in the United States began to cast ballots for next month’s parliamentary elections under an overseas voting program on Wednesday, as political parties at home are cranking up their campaigns for the polls seen as a public assessment on the administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol. [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A high-profile North Korean defector won a constituency seat in this week’s general elections, becoming the first person hailing from the communist nation to be chosen directly by South Korean voters as their representative. Thae Yong-ho, a former No. 2 diplomat at North Korea’s Embassy in London, was elected to the [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Voter turnout for South Korea’s parliamentary elections Wednesday soared to 66.2 percent, the highest point in 28 years, according to a tentative figure released by the state election body. It came amid the country’s monthslong fight against the coronavirus, which has triggered a sense of health and quarantine crises [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Shin Hyeon-jung, a 35-year-old office worker, has refrained from meeting friends or having gatherings for months to practice social distancing to fight against the new coronavirus. But the virus scare will not prevent her from casting a ballot in this week’ parliamentary elections as she believes quarantine measures to [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-isolators will be allowed to cast ballots in the upcoming parliamentary elections if they do not show symptoms of coronavirus infection, authorities said Sunday. “People who were ordered to go into self-quarantine from April 1-14 and show no symptoms on the day of voting can cast ballots,” Health Minister [...]
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 [...]