Protesters gather outside a polling station in Seoul and attempt to block ballot boxes from being removed, after complaints about a ballot shortage. According to reports, more than 1,000 demonstrators assemble at the site on Thursday, calling on authorities to stop the vote count and invalidate the election. The crowd’s actions include physically obstructing the process of taking ballot boxes away from the station. Riot police intervene after the blockade persists, and protesters are cleared from the area. All accounts describe the incident as centering on alleged problems related to ballots at the polling location and the demonstrators’ demand that the election process be halted and the results be invalidated. The reports do not provide further details on whether the ballot shortage is confirmed, how officials respond to the allegations, or the outcome for vote counting beyond the removal of protesters by police.
South Korean riot police clear protesters after ballot shortage blockade in Seoul
Protesters gather outside a polling station in Seoul and attempt to block ballot boxes from being removed, after complaints about a ballot shortage. According to reports, more than 1,000 demonstrators...
- More than 1,000 protesters gather outside a polling station in Seoul on Thursday.
- Protesters block the removal of ballot boxes from the polling station.
- Demonstrators urge authorities to stop the vote count and invalidate the election.
- Riot police intervene and clear protesters from the area.
More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a Seoul polling station, urging officials to stop the vote count and invalidate the election while trying to block the removal of ballot boxes.
2 months agoMore than 1,000 demonstrators had gathered outside a Seoul polling station on Thursday to block ballot boxes from being removed.
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