The election watchdog said Thursday a shortage of ballots in parts of Seoul during the previous day's local elections does not constitute grounds for postponing

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…

Voting at a polling station in Songpa District, southern Seoul, will be extended until 10 p.m. on Wednesday — a four-hour extension given after ballot shortages disrupted voting.

The National Election Commission's failure to manage ballot shortages in South Korea's local elections calls for accountability, heightened scrutiny of its autonomy and election…