[Wang Son-taek] Election mismanagement and K-Democracy

It is difficult not to feel both dismayed and disappointed by the series of election management failures recently revealed at South Korea’s National Election Commission. During the local elections in June, some polling stations ran short of ballots, forcing voters to wait for extended periods and, in some cases, disrupting their ability to vote as scheduled. Problems have also surfaced in the handling of the reporting of voter turnout and vote-counting results. The term “K-democracy” reflects th

By The Korea Herald