Watchdog head apologizes over ballot shortages in local elections

Rho Tae-ak, head of the National Election Commission, bows in apology during a press conference at the election watchdog's headquarters in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, on June 5, 2026, to issue a public apology over an unprecedented shortage of ballot papers that disrupted voting in the June 3 local elections at some polling stations in the capital's southern areas. (Yonhap)

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