Protesters march around the Jamsil vote-counting center at the Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Olympic Park in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on June 6. A K-pop festival is being held the same day at KSPO Dome and the 88 Lawn Field, next to the counting center. [NEWS1]
Thousands of protesters demanding a new vote over a ballot paper shortage in the June 3 local elections have surrounded a vote-counting center at Olympic Park in southern Seoul for a second day Saturday, complicating crowd control as a major K-pop festival brings tens of thousands of fans to the area.
The protest is centered on the Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Jamsil, southern Seoul, where ballot boxes are being stored following the election in which thousands of voters in southern Seoul were forced to vote after the deadline due to a ballot shortage.
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Hybe’s 2026 Weverse Con Festival is being held inside the same park at the KSPO Dome and 88 Lawn Field. Around 26,000 to 28,000 people were at Olympic Park as of 1:30 p.m., according to Seoul’s real-time city data.
