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A person walks into the National Eleciton Commission building in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi on April 7. [YONHAP]

Election commission considers complaint against observer who alleged Chinese interference due to 'Huawei wi-fi'

The NEC is considering filing a criminal complaint against an election observer who complained of possible Chinese election interference after reporting a Huawei Wi-Fi name during the April 2 Guro District by-election ballot count.

2025.4.16

Officials prepare polling stations ahead of Wednesday's by-elections

Officials from the National Election Commission set up a polling station in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Tuesday, a day before the by-election for the superintendent of education in Seoul.

2024.10.15

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The governing party led by Han Dong-hoon is embarrassed after Cho Kuk — leader of the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party — pledged his support for the majority Democratic Party in Wednesday’s by-election in Busan.

2024.10.13

A child watches live footage from surveillance cameras at the Seoul Election Commission office in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Sunday. The office stores ballot boxes from the two-day early voting for the Oct. 16 by-election held on Friday and Saturday to select the city's superintendent of education. [YONHAP]

Early voting turnout low ahead of Oct. 16 by-elections

Early voting for the Oct. 16 by-elections, which include races for local government head positions and the superintendent of education in Seoul, concluded on Saturday with a low turnout of 8.89 percent.

2024.10.13

People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon speaks at a press conference in Geumjeong District, Busan, on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

PPP chief urges first lady to avoid public activities as party faces close by-election race

Conservative People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon said for the first time Wednesday that first lady Kim Keon Hee should refrain from carrying out public activities, echoing similar calls from PPP members in recent days.

2024.10.10

People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon, left, speaks during a Wednesday rally near Pusan National University for Yoon Il-hyun, right, who is the party's candidate for chief of Busan's Geumjeong District. [YONHAP]

Busan’s Geumjeong district by-election race tightens as rival party chiefs jump into the fray

The Oct. 16 by-election in Busan’s Geumjeong District has unexpectedly tightened as rival parties cast the contest to select the district’s next chief as a referendum about the state of the country’s politics.

2024.10.9

People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon poses for a photograph with people in Busan's Geumjeong District on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Rival parties slug it out ahead of bellwether by-elections

Both the conservative People Power Party (PPP) and the liberal Democratic Party (DP) are campaigning fiercely ahead of by-elections for heads of local government positions scheduled to take place on Oct. 16.

2024.10.6

Cast votes to elect a new Seoul education chief

If education chiefs are swayed by partisan interests, it will deal a critical blow to the future of our own children and education.

2024.9.26

Ihn Yo-han, the new chief of the conservative People Power Party's innovation committee, at a meeting with party chief Kim Gi-hyeon at the party's headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Monday [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Naturalized Korean to head PPP's innovation committee

The conservative People Power Party on Monday named naturalized citizen Ihn Yo-han as the chief of the party’s innovation committee in charge of reforms to regain voters’ trust after it lost a by-election in Seoul.

2023.10.23

How to avoid a path to a doom

The president must be humble to pay heed to the toughness of the everyday life.

2023.10.16