SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea gears up for its pivotal presidential election on June 3, a colorful array of unconventional polling stations across the country has captured public attention—ranging from wrestling gyms to pizza shops and even wedding halls. While official election law typically designates schools, community centers, and other public [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — An all-time high of 19.58 percent of voters cast their ballots Thursday on the first day of early voting for the upcoming presidential election to elect the successor to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his failed martial law bid. The two-day early voting began at [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With just two days to go before early voting begins for South Korea’s 21st presidential election, a surge of enthusiasm among young voters is taking center stage — from university students and first-time voters to expatriates flying across continents to cast their ballots. Driven by a deep sense of political [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The preliminary overseas voter turnout for the June 3 presidential election has reached a record high of 79.5 percent, the election watchdog said Monday. Of an estimated 1.97 million eligible overseas voters, 205,268 out of 258,254 people registered on the voter roll cast their ballots during the six-day overseas [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas voting for the June 3 presidential election is set to kick off Tuesday for a six-day run, the election watchdog said Monday. A total of 258,254 overseas South Korean nationals, including those registered as absentee voters, will be eligible to vote at 223 polling stations across 118 countries [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Monday vowed to take stern measures against illegal acts as candidates kicked off their official campaigning for the June 3 presidential election. Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and acting Interior Minister Ko Ki-dong made the remark in a joint statement, saying they will make utmost efforts to [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Han Duck-soo resigned Thursday, indicating he would run for the June 3 presidential election. Han announced his decision in an address to the nation, ending weeks of speculation over whether he would enter the election triggered by the impeachment of his former boss — former President Yoon [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung’s story begins not in a seat of power, but on a factory floor. As a boy in Seongnam, he inhaled toxic fumes while laboring in industrial plants, lost his sense of smell, and suffered a permanent arm injury — all to help his family scrape by. Now, with [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s presidential election just two months away, concerns are mounting over the misuse of generative artificial intelligence—particularly deepfakes—as tools for political manipulation and disinformation. Although such fears remained largely hypothetical during the 2024 parliamentary elections, experts now warn that rapid advances in AI technology over the past year have [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The government on Tuesday formally designated June 3 as the date of the next presidential election following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The designation was made at a Cabinet meeting four days after the Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of Yoon over his short-lived imposition of [...]