Voting for the local elections was temporarily disrupted at several polling stations in Seoul and Incheon on Wednesday after stations ran out of ballots, resulting in waits of more than an hour for some voters.

South Korea’s election authorities said Wednesday that some polling stations in Seoul’s Songpa-gu district temporarily ran short of ballots due to higher-than-e

High turnout, ballot confusion and a string of polling station incidents marked Election Day across Korea on Wednesday as voters cast ballots in the 2026 local elections.

Ballot shortages disrupted voting at polling stations in Songpa District, southern Seoul, during the June 3 local elections, halting voting at some sites for part of the afternoon