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NPS shareholder voting hits five-year high

Korea's national pension fund has cast more shareholder votes and opposed more corporate proposals, raising concerns over its growing influence.

2026.10.5

Another election blunder by the NEC (KOR)

Following the ballot shortages, new vote-count mistakes have intensified scrutiny of Korea's election commission and fueled calls for a full investigation into the recent local elections.

2026.6.12

Another election blunder by the NEC

Following the ballot shortages, new vote-count mistakes have intensified scrutiny of Korea's election commission and fueled calls for a full investigation into the recent local elections.

2026.6.11

National Assembly speaker calls for bipartisan ballot probe

Speaker Cho Jeong-sik called for a bipartisan investigation into ballot shortages in the June 3 local elections as rival parties seek to restore trust in Korea’s voting system.

2026.6.11

Student stands by a campus bulletin board with a large protest notice about ballot paper shortages.

Student bodies at 18 universities denounce 'voting rights violations,' plan to hold joint rally

Student governments across 18 universities are planning to release a joint statement and hold a joint rally to denounce the alleged violation of voting rights after voters experienced ballot shortages during the June 3 local elections.

2026.6.10

Police secure the area around the National Election Commission in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on June 4, where a protest condemning the shortage of ballot papers in the 2026 local elections is taking place. [NEWS1]

Election agency budgeted for 110 percent voter turnout, printed only half

Korea's election agency is facing a deepening credibility crisis after a ballot shortage on Election Day left voters at over a dozen polling stations unable to cast their votes, yet budget figures show 110 percent of ballots could have been printed.

2026.6.5

An election staffer tallies ballots at a gymnasium in Dongdaemun District, eastern Seoul, after polls closed for the eight local elections on June 1, 2022. [YONHAP]

140,000 foreigners can vote in April 2 by-elections, 81 percent are Chinese

Around 140,000 foreign residents will be eligible to vote in the upcoming April 2 by-elections, according to parliamentary data.

2025.3.19

People Power Party leader Kim Gi-hyeon speaks at a forum hosted by the Korean News Editors' Association on Wednesday at the Korean Federation of Banks hall in Jung District, central Seoul. [YONHAP]

Rival parties spar over China, foreigner voting rights

The debate over foreigner voting rights heated up Wednesday as officials from the People Power Party and Democratic Party sparred over whether disenfranchising residents from certain countries is about reciprocity or discrimination.

2023.6.21

People Power Party leader Kim Gi-hyeon delivers a parliamentary speech at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Chinese living in Korea shouldn't be able to vote, PPP leader says

Chinese nationals living in Korea should not have the right to vote in Korea, the leader of the ruling party said in a parliamentary speech. People Power Party leader Kim Gi-hyeon called for a change in electoral policies for foreigners living in...

2023.6.20