Protesters rally outside the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, which served as a vote-counting facility for the June 3 local elections, in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
Hundreds of protesters rallied for a fourth straight day Monday outside a vote-counting facility in Seoul, demanding a new election over ballot shortages during last week's local elections.
As of 9:30 a.m., approximately 950 protesters surrounded SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Songpa Ward, according to an unofficial police estimate. Protesters blocked the stadium's 10 entrances to prevent the removal of ballot boxes.
It marked a sharp drop in the number of protesters after around 8,000 people gathered around midnight Sunday.
The protests have continued after voting was temporarily suspended at 22 polling stations nationwide on Wednesday due to a lack of ballot papers, according to the National Election Commission (NEC).
