Probe finds manipulated voter counts in 30 districts during local elections A special counsel is investigating whether election officials coordinated the falsification of real-time turnout entries during Korea’s June 3 voting. 2026.10.15
Special counsel raids election watchdog over alleged bid rigging Investigators searched the National Election Commission and four other sites over suspected bid rigging involving 5 billion won ($3.7 million) in election supplies. 2026.10.14
Olympic Park protest nears 100 days as NEC probe stumbles (KOR) Election failures demand a full investigation, but protesters cannot indefinitely occupy public facilities and disrupt others’ rights. 2026.9.11
Olympic Park protest nears 100 days as NEC probe stumbles Election failures demand a full investigation, but protesters cannot indefinitely occupy public facilities and disrupt others’ rights. 2026.9.10
PPP sues to void greater Seoul area election results The People Power Party (PPP) filed lawsuits challenging Seoul-area election results after ballot shortages and voting disruptions on June 3. 2026.8.27
The NEC is failing, and the Assembly has no answer (KOR) Korea's election commission needs urgent oversight reforms before another major vote exposes its deepening failures. 2026.8.14
The NEC is failing, and the Assembly has no answer Korea's election commission needs urgent oversight reforms before another major vote exposes its deepening failures. 2026.8.13
Eighty ballot boxes or eight? Election commission corrects hundreds of records after vote Korea's election commission fixed hundreds of ballot box entry errors after June 3 local elections, saying they did not affect vote totals. 2026.8.13
Election watchdog rejects bid to void Seoul mayoral race over ballot shortage Korea’s election commission acknowledged ballot-rule violations and voting halts but said they did not change the outcome of the June 3 race. 2026.8.11
Election commission raided in investigation into suspicions of voter count manipulation A joint prosecution-police task force launched search and seizure operations at the watchdog’s headquarters and field offices. 2026.8.7
