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A demonstrator raises his fist as people surround a vote-counting center to protest a controversy over a shortage of ballot papers that disrupted voting in a local election, in Seoul on Saturday.
| REUTERS
SEOUL - Thousands of South Koreans were demanding a rerun of local elections as they protested into the wee hours of Sunday over ballot paper shortages that disrupted this week's vote. Wednesday's election was the first nationwide vote since President Lee Jae Myung took office following conservative Yoon Suk Yeol's ouster over his brief martial law declaration in late 2024. Lee's ruling, liberal Democratic Party won most races but failed to flip the key Seoul mayoral seat. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, SUBSCRIBE NOW
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