Panel recommends criminal probe into ex-chief over ballot shortage

Cho Hyun-wook, chairperson of a fact-finding committee of the National Election Commission (NEC), attends a press conference at the NEC headquarters in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, on June 19, 2026. The committee investigating ballot shortages during the recent local elections called for a criminal probe into the commission's former chief, saying the management of the elections was a "total failure." (Yonhap)

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