Polling booths are installed beneath a chandelier at a wedding venue in Guro District in western Seoul on June 3. [YONHAP]
Voters walked into a bakery, a car dealership and indoor Korean barbecue restaurant only to find ballot boxes on Wednesday for the June 3 local elections.
Extraordinary polling stations were set up across the greater Seoul area to enable voters to cast ballots right in their neighborhoods without traveling great distances.
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A bakery was transformed into a polling station for Suyu-dong in Gangbuk District in northern Seoul. Lighting fixtures and menu boards had been pushed into a corner, while tables and chairs normally used by customers were repurposed for election workers. Behind the voting booths were bakery ovens and menu boards draped in fabric.
