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South Korea’s 9th Nationwide Local Elections
Ballot Paper Shortage Incident

A chronological factual record based solely on the National Election Commission’s official announcements and mainstream news reports. It contains no interpretation, opinion, or speculation about intent, and cites a source for each fact.

Period 2026.05.29 — 07.03Time zone Korea Standard Time (KST)Updated 2026.07.03

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2026.07.03Fri

8:00 PM

▸TV Chosun — of 398 visitor passes to the ‘top-security-grade’ central NEC building, 129 were ‘not returned’; only 11 recovered belatedly, the other 118 ‘missing’ / issuance and usage records can’t be verified either (July 3)

NECTV조선(‘최고 보안 등급’ 선관위 청사 출입증 3개 중 1개 오리무중)Single source

2026.07.02Thu

5:00 PM

▸Three more NEC ‘vote-count mis-entries’ confirmed — additional cases beyond the Jeonbuk/Gyeonggi superintendent counting-entry errors / poll: ‘the NEC etc. deliberately rigged the result’ 42% yes, 47% no (TV Chosun · NBS)

NECTV조선(선관위 ‘득표수 오기입’ 세 건 더…‘부정선거 있었다’ 42%)파이낸셜뉴스(‘선관위 등 부정선거’ 42% ‘그렇지 않아’ 47% [NBS])한국일보(2030 ‘부정선거 있었다’ 응답 더 많아)Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸Inquiry committee enters the ‘Jamsil count center’ after 27 days of blockade for a 40-minute inspection — boxes stored in a «shower room», no CCTV, the door itself uncaptured, box count unknown / ‘no removal before the investigation’ (July 2)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(국조특위, 잠실개표소 27일 만에 봉쇄 뚫고 40분 현장검증)파이낸셜뉴스(국조특위, 개표소 CCTV 미비 등 확인…특검·재검표 목소리 종합)헤럴드경제(국조특위, 잠실개표소 봉쇄 뚫고 현장검증)Multi-verified

11:30 AM

▸‘Seo Young-kyo–Roh Tae-ak election-day call’ controversy — at 9:39 a.m. on June 3, Rep. Seo Young-kyo (DP, House Judiciary chair) phoned NEC chair Roh to ‘ask for double-marking prevention,’ and about 9 minutes later Secretary-General Heo Cheol-hun called back / PPP: ‘solicitation/collusion’, Seo: ‘protecting suffrage’ (Munhwa Ilbo exclusive)

PPPDPNEC문화일보(단독, 서영교, 6·3 당일 노태악에 ‘부적절 통화’)아주경제(서영교 ‘참정권 보호 위한 조치’ 해명)한국일보(정점식 ‘단순 민원 아닌 청탁’·특검 추천권)Multi-verified

10:50 AM

▸Exclusive — the NEC signed a no-bid contract with ‘a company run by a spouse’ (a «self-contract») / NEC: ‘the amount was small, so I didn’t think it a problem’ — conflict-of-interest controversy (July 2)

NECSBS(단독, 선관위 ‘배우자 업체와 셀프계약’)MBC([단독] 선관위, 배우자 업체와 ‘셀프계약’도…‘금액 적어 문제라 생각 안 해’)Multi-verified

2026.07.01Wed

8:00 PM

▸SBS exclusive — the NEC left 14 access passes to its ‘core security facility (data center)’ unrecovered — until it belatedly deleted the permissions, those passes could still enter (July 1)

NECSBS 8뉴스([단독] ‘핵심 보안시설’인데…선관위, 출입증 14건 ‘미회수’)Single source

2026.06.30Tue

8:00 PM

▸Signs of NEC ‘split payments’ — a 630,000-won meal bill split across several card charges because ‘it mustn’t exceed 500,000 won’ (KBS)

NECKBS(‘50만 원 넘으면 안돼’…선관위의 수상한 ‘쪼개기 결제’)Single source

2026.06.29Mon

12:52 PM

▸A ‘practice (training) grenade’ found in front of the Jamsil count center — detonator etc. removed, no explosion risk; police collect it and probe how it got there / 25th day of the gathering (June 29)

NECMBN([단독] 잠실 개표소 25일째…현장서 연습용 수류탄 발견)뉴스핌(‘잠실 개표소 시위’ 현장서 연습용 수류탄 발견)한국일보(잠실 개표소 시위 25일째…경찰 57건 139명 수사)Multi-verified

2026.06.25Thu

10:00 AM

▸Culture Ministry formally asks the NEC to ‘remove the Jamsil counting-site materials (some 380 ballot boxes, etc.)’ — handball arena occupied for a 3rd week, rental fee ballooning from 15M to 107.56M won; dispute over facility normalization and who pays (reported June 25)

NEC한국일보(문체부, 선관위에 ‘잠실 개표 물품 반출해달라’ 공식 요청)파이낸셜뉴스(단독, 점거된 ‘잠실 개표소’ 대관료 1,500만→1억756만원…법적다툼 우려)Multi-verified

9:30 AM

▸Court dismisses the ‘Jamsil count-center ballots/boxes’ evidence-preservation request — ‘the ballots/boxes inside the count center aren’t needed to prove the «shortage = flawed election» claim’ / ‘the NEC keeps them by law’ (June 25)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스([단독] 법원, ‘잠실 개표소’ 투표함 등 증거보전 기각…‘선관위가 법에 따라 보관’)Multi-verified

2026.06.24Wed

3:00 PM

▸Board of Audit launches its ‘largest-ever’ accounting inspection of the central NEC — targeting election-management budget planning/execution incl. ballot printing / a workaround since job-inspection is barred (Constitutional Court) (June 24)

NEC한국일보(감사원, ‘무풍지대’ 선관위에 역대 최대 규모 회계검사)파이낸셜뉴스(감사원, 선관위 회계검사 착수…‘볼 수 있는 건 다 살펴볼 것’)경향신문(감사원장 ‘선관위 회계검사 착수…관련 사항 다 살필 것’)Multi-verified

11:56 AM

▸Joint investigation HQ searches 12 Seoul/Songpa election-commission officials — ‘reconstructing the election-day shortage’ / takes aim at the rushed print-cut decision and the box-disposal suspicion (June 24)

NEC문화일보([속보] 투표용지 합수본, 서울시·송파구 선관위 관계자 12명 압수수색)파이낸셜뉴스(투표지 합수본, 선관위 관계자 12명 압수수색…당일 대응 재구성 종합)채널A([속보] 투표용지 합수본, 선관위 관계자 12명 압수수색)Multi-verified

8:00 AM

▸Roh Tae-ak was briefed on the ‘50% ballot print cut’ six months ahead (a Nov. 24 last-year meeting) — flip-flops with ‘don’t recall / didn’t know’ / the minutes even record him chairing and asking ‘any questions,’ while most commissioners ‘didn’t know’ (June 24)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(노태악, ‘50% 축소’ 6개월 전 보고받아…‘몰랐다’ 논란)더퍼블릭(노태악 ‘기억 안 난다’…회의록엔 ‘50% 축소 인쇄’ 보고 박혔다)이데일리(노태악, ‘투표용지 대란’ 6개월 전 보고받았다)Multi-verified

2026.06.23Tue

7:11 PM

▸KBS exclusive — in Seoul’s Guro Gaebong 2-dong, ‘497 superintendent ballots were never counted at all’ / the NEC ended despite knowing the gap, citing ‘no effect on the outcome,’ and on the uncounted ballots’ whereabouts said ‘we can’t keep storing them / hard to confirm’ (June 23)

NECKBS 뉴스7(단독, ‘497표 개표도 안 했다’…선관위 알고서도 개표 종료)KBS 9시뉴스(단독, ‘미개표 497장’ 행방 묻자 ‘계속 보관할 수는 없어요’)매일신문(선관위, 497표 미개표·누락 알고도 개표 종료…‘당락 영향 없어서’)Multi-verified

5:20 PM

▸Herald exclusive — in military mail-in voting, one soldier ‘voted twice’ (also marked another soldier’s envelope) / mismanagement of envelopes left jumbled — NEC: ‘not deliberate; the not-his ballot not accepted; the affected soldier’s vote ensured’ (May 28; reported June 23)

NEC헤럴드경제(단독, 군내 6·3 거소투표서 병사 한 명이 두 장 투표)Single source

3:32 PM

▸Dong-A Ilbo exclusive — ‘early-voting ballots were «twice the actual electorate», 23.9 million prepared’ / while election-day ballots were cut to a 50% floor and ran short — ‘consistency of the print standard’ in question (June 23)

NEC동아일보(단독, 사전투표용지는 실제 선거인수 2배…2,390만명분 준비)서울경제(부족하다던 투표지 4만장 남았다…비용 2배 쓰고도 배분 실패)Multi-verified

1:00 PM

▸‘Ballot shortage’ inquiry committee’s first agency report — many witnesses fail to appear (‘collective defiance,’ lawmakers fume) / acting chair Wi Cheol-hwan: ‘we should do even a one-point amendment’; Roh Tae-ak: ‘keenly feel responsible’ (June 23)

NEC전남일보(위철환, 감사 강화 필요성에 ‘원포인트 개헌이라도 해야’)한국일보(63년 ‘대법관 선관위원장 겸직’ 끝나나…노태악 ‘개헌해야’)파이낸셜뉴스(선관위 국조 첫날, 증인 16명 불참…여야 ‘집단 항명’ 질타)Multi-verified

11:55 AM

▸Woman who spat at a police officer in front of the Jamsil count center arrested in the act for ‘obstruction of official duties’ — police investigating 36 unlawful acts at the site (June 23)

MBC(단독, 잠실 개표소서 경찰관에 침 뱉고 욕설한 여성 현행범 체포)뉴스핌(잠실 개표소 현장서 경찰에 침 뱉은 여성 현행범 체포)아주경제(잠실 개표소 현장서 경찰에 침 뱉은 여성 체포)Multi-verified

11:44 AM

▸Financial News exclusive — ‘disposal wasn’t just Songpa’…12–13 election commissions nationwide ‘serially disposed of election materials’ (storage boxes, voting logs, special seals) right after the election (June 23)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스([단독] 송파만이 아니었다…전국 12곳 투표지 부족 선관위, 선거물품 줄폐기)파이낸셜뉴스(송파만이 아니었다…‘투표지 부족’ 13곳 물품 상당수 폐기)아시아투데이(‘선관위, 전국 13곳서 선거물품 줄폐기’)Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸Court reply + Rep. Kim Eun-hye’s materials — Songpa Election Commission, having ‘learned of the preservation by phone at 13:51,’ pulped 7.4 tons 48 minutes later / at odds with its ‘first knew via email at 17:49’ account; disposal-course documents ‘do not exist’ (June 23)

NEC연합뉴스(증거보전 회신…폐기 경위 문서 부존재·용해증명서)헤럴드경제(송파선관위, 보전 대상에도 7.4톤 용해)파이낸셜뉴스(‘투표용지 보관상자 폐기’ 선관위, 증거보전 명령 4시간 무시)Multi-verified

4:32 AM

▸Hankook Ilbo exclusive — ‘the Interior Ministry, which had claimed it «was not informed by the NEC», actually phoned the central NEC six times on election day’ / confirmed the gravity yet ‘did nothing in particular’ — Kim Eun-hye: ‘false explanation, dodging responsibility’ (June 23)

PPPNEC한국일보(단독, 행안부 지방선거 당일 중앙선관위와 6차례 통화)Single source

2026.06.22Mon

6:00 PM

▸NEC tallies ‘690 election petitions over the June 3 local elections’ as final — about 15× four years ago, a record high / 275 central + 415 regional, Seoul and Incheon mayor 28 each (June 22)

NEC뉴스핌(선관위 6·3 지선 소청 최종 690건 집계)MBC(6·3 지선 소청 총 690건…4년 전 대비 15배)Multi-verified

12:00 PM

▸Chungbuk election commission orders a recount of the ‘124-vote’ Chungju mayoral race — accepting the request of the losing DP candidate Maeng Jeong-seop / July 15, hand-counted without the sorter (June 22)

DPNEC문화일보(‘결국 재검표한다’…선관위, 124표차 충주시장 재검표 결정)헤럴드경제(‘124표차 패배’ 충주시장 재검표…‘무효표 다수’ 與후보 주장)뉴스핌(‘124표차’ 충주시장 선거 재검표 간다)Multi-verified

2026.06.21Sun

11:00 AM

▸PM Kim Min-seok holds an ‘NEC-reform citizens’ forum’ at Korea National Sport University — reiterates ‘a one-point amendment if needed’ / a discussion with six pre-invited ‘citizen representatives’; controversy over representativeness (June 21)

NEC서울경제(金 총리 ‘선관위 개혁 끝을 봐야…필요하면 원포인트 개헌’)뉴스핌(金총리 ‘선관위 원포인트 개헌 깊이 생각…공론화로 추진’)이투데이(‘선관위 개혁’ 시민들과 토론하는 김민석 총리)Multi-verified

2026.06.20Sat

1:00 PM

▸DP rebuts — ‘the NEC’s 2023 overseas check was a four-party joint inspection requested by the PPP and led by the Yoon government’s NIS’ — calls the ‘DP-staffer-accompanied junket’ frame ‘a malicious offensive’ (June 20)

DPNEC파이낸셜뉴스(與 ‘선관위 해외출장, 尹정부 주도 점검…직무유기는 국힘’)한국일보(민주 ‘국힘이 요구하고 尹 정부가 주도한 점검’)헤럴드경제([속보] 민주당 ‘尹 정부 주도 점검’ 반박)Multi-verified

2026.06.19Fri

7:00 PM

▸PM Kim Min-seok: ‘once back in the Assembly I’ll push a «one-point amendment to reform the NEC»’ — ‘investigation and accountability are basics; an amendment is essential for a fundamental fix’ / previews a June 21 citizens’ forum on NEC reform (June 19)

NEC서울경제(김민석 ‘국회 돌아가면 선관위 원포인트 개헌 추진’)아주경제(金총리 ‘공론화 통해 선관위 개혁 원포인트 개헌 통과 추진’)Multi-verified

3:16 PM

▸President Lee Jae-myung: ‘we should do even a «one-point constitutional amendment» on the NEC…the president can propose it if needed’ — at a Europe-trip briefing, ‘the NEC problem is truly absurd,’ premised on ‘if the parties agree’ (June 19)

LeeNEC경향신문([속보] 이 대통령 ‘선관위 원포인트 개헌해야…필요하면 대통령 발의’)법률신문(이재명 ‘선관위 원포인트 개헌해야…대통령 발의라도’)파이낸셜뉴스(李대통령 ‘선관위 원포인트 개헌도 검토…일부 범죄행위 엄정 대응’)Multi-verified

12:00 PM

▸Channel A exclusive — ‘the NEC ultimately did not submit minutes for the «change to the 50% ballot-print standard»’ / NEC: ‘no such minutes exist; independent body; non-disclosure precedent’ (June 19)

NEC채널A 뉴스A(단독, 선관위 회의록 끝내 제출 안 했다)JTBC 뉴스룸(단독, 선관위 회의록 공개 거부 근거 ‘방탄 판례’ 입수)더퍼블릭(투표용지 부족 불렀는데 회의록 없다…선관위 ‘주먹구구’)Multi-verified

11:30 AM

▸Channel A caption news — ‘someone has been inside the counting site (Jamsil Handball Arena) for a fortnight’…a single employee left by the management firm (Korea Sports Promotion), now isolated inside as the access block drags on (June 19)

채널A 자막뉴스(단독, 개표소 내 보름째 숙직실 생활)Single source

11:00 AM

▸Joo Jin-woo unveils a ‘full audit of 2,665 NEC contracts over five years’ — ‘82.1% were no-bid (negotiated) contracts (87.7% last year)…it should be called the «Negotiated-Contract Commission»’; alleged pro-DP outside directors at top vendors / he requests an anti-corruption-commission probe and calls for a special counsel (June 19)

PPPNECOBS뉴스(현장영상)경향신문(작년 수의계약 87.7%…‘수의계약위원회로 불러야’)뉴데일리(10건 중 9건 수의계약…상위 10개 업체엔 親민주 인사)Multi-verified

10:40 AM

▸Police investigate a ‘suspected break-in’ into the basement of the Jamsil counting site (Olympic Park Handball Arena) — the arena’s management firm filed a complaint alleging ‘a damaged lock, entry into the basement and filming inside on the night of the 7th’; charges of property damage and trespass / the intruder and intent are unidentified (June 19)

연합뉴스(경찰, 잠실개표소 지하로 무단침입 정황 수사)시사저널(경찰, 잠실 개표소 지하 무단침입 정황 수사…잠금장치 훼손)Multi-verified

9:00 AM

▸TV Chosun — controversy over ‘a Democratic Party staffer accompanying an NEC overseas trip’ / NEC explains ‘the PPP declined to nominate an observer…the aim was to inspect the overseas-voting management system’ (June 19)

NEC뉴스TV조선(민주당 직원과 해외 출장 간 선관위…‘국민의힘이 참관인 추천 안 해’)Single source

8:00 AM

▸TV Chosun exclusively obtains — a tipster video that ‘at the Chuncheon count center, many ballots had their serial numbers not torn off, and they were removed on the spot’ / by rule ‘valid even if attached’; legality and circumstances need checking (June 19)

NEC뉴스TV조선(엄튜브)(단독 입수, 춘천 개표장 ‘일련번호 안 뜯긴 투표지’ 제보)Single source

2026.06.18Thu

8:00 PM

▸SBS follow-up — ‘about 17,000 (roughly 70%) of the ballots dispatched that day were «unnumbered»’…the NEC-provided Excel had the ‘unnumbered count’ columns (N·O) hidden, with numerical errors too (June 18)

NECSBS 「AFTER 8 NEWS」(엑셀표에 숨긴 무번호 투표지 1만7천장)Single source

7:25 PM

▸‘2,359 cases of signing someone else’s voter-roll entry’ (21st presidential election)…Rep. Kim Min-jeon releases NEC-submitted data / recurred in the June 3 vote — flagged as ‘grounds for double/proxy-voting suspicion’ (June 18)

PPPNECSBS 자막뉴스(타인 선거인명부 서명 2천 건)Single source

6:00 PM

▸Sejong ‘vote-count status sheet’ records the ballot-sorter start time as ‘2026-05-12’ (actually 6/3), with top/bottom dates contradicting — Sejong Mayor Choi Min-ho files an election-nullity petition on that basis (June 18)

NEC채널A(세종 개표상황표 날짜 오기재·최민호 통화)KBS 대전(세종서 ‘개표 날짜 불일치’…시장 후보자 선거 무효 소청)경향신문(최민호 ‘개표상황표에 선거 전 날짜 인쇄’ 선거무효 소청)Multi-verified

6:00 PM

▸Election-result petitions (soksung) over the June 3 local election surge to ‘at least 350’ — 126 metro-mayor petitions, a record high (28 for Seoul) / PPP in 11 areas / intra-party rift over the petitions’ ‘scope’; ‘a re-vote is unlikely’ (June 18)

NEC이데일리(소청 350건…4년 전 7.7배)뉴스핌(소청 350건 접수…2022년의 7.7배)한국일보(소청 접수…서울시장 20건)Multi-verified

4:30 PM

▸KBS caption-news — the NEC’s view that ‘it was like this before, it’s always been this way…this is no «unprecedented crisis»’ / 13 of the 91 short districts printed ‘60%+’…a printing cut alone doesn’t explain it (June 18)

NECKBS 자막뉴스(‘초유의 사태’ 아니라는 선관위)Single source

3:00 PM

▸Jeong-gyo-mo (Professors’ Association for Social Justice) issues a declaration at the National Assembly — calls to ‘nullify the June 3 local elections and re-vote, abolish early voting, and adopt election-day voting and hand counting’ (June 18, Sisa Focus TV)

시사포커스TV(정교모 시국선언…‘부정선거 재투표·당일투표 수개표’)뉴데일리(정교모 ‘단 한 표도 부당하게 억압당해선 안 돼…선거 즉각 무효화’, 6/5)Single source

2:00 PM

▸National Assembly plenary passes the NEC parliamentary-inquiry plan into the ‘ballot-paper shortage’ and the committee begins work — 45 days, targeting the central and regional NECs; 18 members (chaired by the PPP’s Yoon Sang-hyun); ‘no sacred cows’ (June 18)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(오늘 본회의서 선관위 국조 계획서 채택)서울경제(닻 올린 국조특위…여야 ‘성역 없이 끝까지’)머니투데이(윤상현 ‘참정권 보호·선거 신뢰 회복 최선’)Multi-verified

1:00 PM

▸Han Dong-hoon calls for ‘impeaching NEC standing commissioner Wi Cheol-hwan’ — ‘he was briefed on the print cut yet…we must set a precedent that officials who neglected suffrage can face impeachment’ (June 18)

NEC매일신문(한동훈 ‘인쇄 축소 보고받은 위철환 탄핵해야’)문화일보(한동훈 ‘李 연수원 동기 위철환, 즉각 탄핵’)디지털타임스(한동훈 ‘선관위원 탄핵 적극 검토’)Multi-verified

11:00 AM

▸PPP Rep. Park Dae-chul lead-sponsors an Election Act bill to ‘abolish early voting, hold two-day election-day voting, and (re)introduce absentee voting’ — Han Dong-hoon among co-sponsors (June 18)

PPP헤럴드경제(‘본투표 이틀’ 사전투표폐지법 발의…한동훈도 동참)MBN 굿모닝(국민의힘 ‘사전투표 폐지법’ 발의…‘본투표 이틀로 연장’)Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸Investigation-committee member Ju Jin-woo releases the ‘Jamsil voting logs’ — unnumbered ballots, missing presiding-officer stamps, ‘set off to borrow ballots,’ ‘many errors’ and other on-site chaos recorded in official documents (June 18)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(‘투표지 빌리러 출발’·‘오류다수’…잠실 투표록 종합)파이낸셜뉴스(‘선관위 연락이 없음’·‘선거인 투표 포기’…잠실 투표록 종합)시사저널(주진우 확보 잠실 투표록…‘무번호 투표지·도장 누락’)Multi-verified

9:30 AM

▸PPP leader Jang Dong-hyeok, back from the count center: ‘Let’s verify by an open hand count’ — he proposes that the stored ballot boxes be publicly recounted by hand / the same day he also presses for a special counsel and a re-election special act (June 18)

PPPNEC채널A 현장영상(개표소 다녀 온 장동혁 ‘수개표 공개 검증하자’)헤럴드경제(쌍둥이 득표 869건…재선거·특검 공개 제안)파이낸셜뉴스(투표지 국조는 시작…이제 특검)Multi-verified

7:44 AM

▸Dong-A Ilbo — the ruling DP weighs ‘transferring the NEC’s voting/counting duties to the Interior Ministry’ / reform plan: ‘the ministry oversees, local governments do the legwork’…with a ‘one-point constitutional amendment’ also floated since the NEC is a constitutional body (June 18)

DPNEC동아일보(與 ‘선관위 투·개표 업무 행안부 이관 검토’)서울경제(민주당 ‘선관위 개혁, 개헌 필요…해체 수준으로’)파이낸셜뉴스(與 선관위 개혁 방안 본격화…‘입법으로 책임’)Multi-verified

2026.06.17Wed

10:25 PM

▸Blade-and-self-harm disturbance outside the Olympic Park count center — a man in his 30s, shouting ‘people are dying inside,’ threatens people with a blade, then cuts himself and is arrested on the spot / no danger to life, no actual casualties (night, June 17)

SBS중앙일보뉴스1Multi-verified

9:00 PM

▸KBS exclusive — obtains the full text of a Songpa district commission / district-office group chat saying ‘distribute them even without serial numbers’ / a 5:13 p.m. ‘hand out unnumbered ballots’ instruction; the official appeared only 7 times in 6 hours (June 17)

NECKBS 9시뉴스(단독)SBS(70% 무번호 배경)Multi-verified

8:17 PM

▸SBS exclusive — former NEC chair Roh Tae-ak took his spouse on all three of his official overseas trips while in office / the after-the-fact reports omitted ‘accompanied by spouse,’ and the budget was kept non-public (June 17)

NECSBS 8뉴스(단독)연합뉴스(박재하 기자)노태악 배우자 동반·보고서 누락(종합)Multi-verified

8:05 PM

▸SBS — ‘zero election-commission staff at polling places, and no emergency-response manual either’ / the 193,000-strong main-vote workforce was seconded civil servants, while commission staff managed remotely from offices and doubled as vote-counters in the afternoon

NECSBS 8뉴스(하정연 기자)Single source

7:30 PM

▸PPP completes filing election-result challenges (soksung) in 11 regions — Jang Dong-hyeok’s ‘all 16 metro/provinces’ push fails; floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik limits it to ‘delay/suspension areas’ / DP slams it as a ‘bulletproof challenge for Jang’ (June 17)

PPPDPSBS(국힘 11곳 선거소청…민주 ‘장동혁 방탄 소청’)Single source

6:50 PM

▸Student councils of 19 universities make a protest visit to the NEC’s Gwacheon HQ — ‘not alleging election fraud, but demanding effective measures’ / around the same time the joint task force is also investigating the ‘ballot storage-box disposal’ suspicion (June 17)

NEC뉴스핌헤럴드경제오마이뉴스Multi-verified

6:48 PM

▸NEC fact-finding committee’s interim findings — ‘the Central NEC first learned of the ballot-shortage crisis from news reports’ / ‘the chair was not briefed in advance on the directive to cut printing by 50%’ · ‘the Seoul city NEC decided to extend voting until 10 p.m. that day’ (June 17)

NEC이데일리(진상규명위)매일신문(속보)YTN(속보)Multi-verified

1:50 PM

▸PPP Rep. Lee Jin-sook’s ‘full re-vote’ analogy — ‘a pizza with a bug in it: do you just swap that one slice?’ / ‘Jang Dong-hyeok did well on June 3, no reason to resign’ (June 17)

PPP한겨레뉴스핌매일신문Multi-verified

11:15 AM

▸Members of the ‘NEC parliamentary inquiry’ committee set — the PPP’s 7 (chair Yoon Sang-hyun, secretary Seo Beom-su, plus Kim Eun-hye, Shin Dong-wook, Park Su-min, Joo Jin-woo, Choe Bo-yun) / by inter-party agreement the chair goes to the PPP, with 18 total (DP 9, PPP 7, non-negotiating bloc 2), a 45-day inquiry, and the plan to be passed at the June 18 plenary (June 17)

PPP머니투데이헤럴드경제파이낸셜뉴스(윤상현 위원장)Multi-verified

11:00 AM

▸Democratic Party (DP) lawmakers (Cheon Jun-ho, Jeon Yong-gi, Lim O-gyeong) make the first visit by the ruling party to the Olympic Park count center — 13 days into the crisis, accompanied by a large press contingent / blocked and turned away by citizens shouting ‘get out now’ and ‘give us back our voting rights’ (the site had been visited repeatedly by PPP lawmakers) (June 17)

DP서울신문(현장영상)아시아투데이(포토)Multi-verified

10:02 AM

▸Constitutional Court dismisses the first ‘ballot shortage unconstitutionality’ petition — ‘no self-relevance’ (a standing issue, not a ruling on the merits) / 1 of 4 filed, the other 3 still in preliminary review (reported June 17)

뉴스1(단독)이데일리서울경제Multi-verified

2026.06.16Tue

4:00 PM

▸PPP claims a Seoul police security chief assaulted an aide during their protest visit to police HQ — ‘twisted the wrist, grabbed the neck, tried to snatch a phone’ / demands the security chief be removed and Seoul police chief Park Jung-bo be disciplined (June 16)

PPP머니투데이한국경제파이낸셜뉴스(종합)Multi-verified

2:10 PM

▸Sports bodies’ entry falls through despite a conditional agreement — blocked by one citizen at ‘Gate 2-1’ / despite Jang Dong-hyeok’s persuasion, ‘the procedure is wrong’ (June 16)

헤럴드경제이데일리뉴스1Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸Inter-ministerial statement — Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung calls it ‘an unprecedented violation of the people’s voting rights,’ pledges a joint prosecution-police investigation, a parliamentary inquiry and institutional reform, and vows to ‘guarantee lawful assembly to the fullest while cracking down on illegality such as private ID checks and occupation’ / the acting police chief says ‘the sports council and citizen reps have agreed on entry’ (June 16)

대한민국 정책브리핑(관계부처 담화문 전문·속기)Single source

1:00 PM

▸Day 12 of blocked access at the Jamsil count center — police vow to ‘open an obstruction-of-business investigation based on collected evidence,’ and the justice minister calls the private ID checks ‘flagrante delicto,’ while the PPP stages a sit-in demanding a ‘re-vote and special counsel’ and Na Kyung-won sends official letters to ‘stop the forced entry and preserve evidence’ (afternoon, June 16)

PPP파이낸셜뉴스(종합)파이낸셜뉴스(현장·경찰청 방문)한국일보(농성·진입 합의)Multi-verified

11:39 AM

▸Gyeonggi superintendent Im Tae-hee files an election challenge over count-entry errors and a voting halt — superintendent-elect Ahn Min-seok distances himself: ‘no fuss over a few dozen votes; it’s the commission’s responsibility’ (YTN)

NECYTN(자막뉴스, 임태희 소청·안민석 발언)한국일보(임태희 선거소청 제기)이데일리(임태희 ‘대통령이 나서야’)Multi-verified

11:35 AM

▸PPP lawmakers rally to the Olympic Park count center — Jang Dong-hyeok protests the police entry attempt (‘they crossed the line, and hard; stop now’) and arrives on site (11:35) / the police–Korea Sport & Olympic Committee entry fails despite a third warning (June 16)

PPP파이낸셜뉴스세계일보뉴스핌Multi-verified

11:00 AM

▸Suspected organized cover-up of a ~1,000-vote counting-input error at the North Jeolla provincial NEC — police open an investigation / suspicion that it knew the day after the election (June 4), filed a false ‘no irregularities’ report, and still issued certificates of election, with the ‘first learned on the 5th’ account itself allegedly fabricated (SBS)

NECSBS뉴스Single source

10:30 AM

▸Ex-NEC employee and public-servants’ union testify to ‘structural failure’ + Gallup: ‘full re-vote’ 44% for, 48% against (67% of those under 30, 62% of those in their 30s in favor) (SBS, footage from News Hunters)

NECSBS뉴스한국갤럽(6/9~11)Single source

10:00 AM

▸PM Kim Min-seok, at a cabinet meeting, calls the Olympic Park blockade ‘a serious crime’ to be ‘sternly punished’ — “By what right do they block lawful passage?” orders a firm response

DP프레시안헤럴드경제뉴스핌Multi-verified

9:54 AM

▸Sports organizations’ renewed attempt to enter the handball arena fails again — Day 12 of the blocked access, ‘can’t retrieve our workplace or competition gear’ (morning of June 16, developing)

MBC뉴스한국일보Single source

2026.06.15Mon

10:05 PM

▸Democratic Party slams the PPP’s ‘re-vote petition’ as ‘a clear refusal to accept the election and an outdated piggybacking on fraud claims’ — ‘rushed, without even asking Oh Se-hoon’ (June 15)

DP경향신문서울경제경향신문(오세훈 미상의)Multi-verified

6:30 PM

▸People Power Party votes at an emergency Supreme Council meeting to file an ‘election grievance (sochung) for a full re-vote in Seoul and other areas’ — targeting regions hit by ballot shortages (Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Ulsan, Busan, Gwangju–Jeonnam); spokeswoman Choi Bo-yoon: ‘pushing for a full re-vote’ (5–6 areas, per outlet)

PPP이데일리파이낸셜뉴스(종합)뉴스핌Multi-verified

2:56 PM

▸Korea Sport & Olympic Committee chair Yoo Seung-min and tenant sports bodies say they are ‘reviewing every legal option’ over the blocked access caused by the citizens’ gathering at the Jamsil count center and request police intervention — operations paralyzed, ₩6 billion in losses (Yoo himself under investigation over an ‘incentive proxy-receipt’ suspicion) (press conference)

경향신문국민일보한국일보Multi-verified

12:10 PM

▸Seoul police chief’s blunt warning: ‘Abet illegal acts at the Jamsil rally and you’ll bring ruin on your family’ (regular briefing)

머니투데이서울신문Multi-verified

8:56 AM

▸Seven NEC non-standing commissioners had no building entry records on the day of the ballot shortage (June 3) — data from Rep. Kim Eun-hye’s office / NEC rebuts: ‘they attended a late-night emergency meeting, not absent’

NEC파이낸셜뉴스뉴스핌Multi-verified

2026.06.14Sun

10:51 PM

▸President Lee Jae-myung: ‘The challenge over infringed voting rights is accepted… but the “rigged-election” narrative is an essence-distorting “antisocial act” that will be held legally accountable’ (video senior-secretaries’ meeting from Rome)

Lee연합뉴스TV한국일보아시아경제Multi-verified

9:00 PM

▸Police to stop disclosing ‘police-estimated’ rally size from today — crowd estimates no longer released (Channel A)

채널ASingle source

8:00 PM

▸Mounting grievances on the NEC’s internal board — ‘we admit our fault, but the root cause is a murderous workload and too few staff’; ‘one staffer managed 100-plus polling stations’ (SBS 8 News)

NECSBSSingle source

4:00 PM

▸PPP lawmakers make successive site visits (Sat, June 14) — Na Kyung-won, Lee Jin-sook and others visit Jamsil Olympic Park / Na: ‘the ones who should be investigated are the standing commissioners more than the NEC chair… an opposition-led special counsel’

PPP헤럴드경제(주말 2만7천·방문)헤럴드경제(나경원 발언)네이트(나경원 방문)Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸Day 10 of the gathering outside the Jamsil Olympic Park count center (Sun, June 14) — about 24,000 by SBS’s count, rising again over the weekend; ‘more people in their 20s–30s and families than on weekdays’

NECSBSSingle source

1:00 PM

▸NEC ‘self-investigation’ controversy — its election-administration study did on-site interviews at only 3 early-voting strongholds (Dobong, Gangseo, Bucheon); OBS reports ‘sites with confirmed input errors were excluded from the probe,’ as PPP demands a parliamentary inquiry and special counsel

PPPNECOBS파이낸셜뉴스(단독)파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

2026.06.13Sat

7:51 PM

▸Even in the year of the ‘basket voting’ scandal, the NEC paid out 8.3 billion won in bonuses ‘all but 1,000 won’ — and 10 billion in 2025, over budget (Edaily, MBN, and others)

NEC이데일리문화일보뉴시스Multi-verified

2026.06.12Fri

4:30 PM

▸Former NEC chair Noh Tae-ak came to work ‘about once every two days’ in the three months before the election (29 of 60 statutory workdays, 48.3%) — NEC cites the ‘non-resident post’ (Channel A and others)

NEC한국경제문화일보(속보)뉴데일리Multi-verified

3:30 PM

▸Court grants part of Kim Jeong-cheol’s ‘additional evidence preservation’ — orders securing the disposal firm’s name, disposal time, the ‘1,900-sheet ledger,’ and removal CCTV (Seoul Eastern District Court)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(추가 인용)한국일보뉴스핌Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸At a Jamsil Handball Stadium press conference, Jeon Han-gil claims ‘the Jamsil 7-dong 1,900-sheet box said to be discarded was secured via a tip’ and shows it — provenance and authenticity unconfirmed

뉴시스SBS뉴스1Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸Joint task force begins analyzing seized NEC materials — focus on the ‘cut printing to 50%’ decision; officials expected to be summoned in succession

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(분석 착수)파이낸셜뉴스(서버 압수수색 계속)Multi-verified

9:30 AM

▸Amid ‘dissolve the NEC’ demands, a person believed to be a staffer is caught practicing ‘golf swings’ inside the Daegu Election Commission building (YTN, SBS)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스SBS(유튜브)YTN(지금이뉴스)Multi-verified

8:00 AM

▸SBS — NEC’s ‘luxury’ overseas trips (273 people, 50 countries over 3 years) and a 78% plagiarism rate in trip reports (referenced Wikipedia/blogs) under fire

NECSBS 자막뉴스(URL 확인 예정)Single source

7:00 AM

▸OBS — ‘Songpa-gu had about 40,000 ballots left over overall’…the NEC’s ‘belated explanation’ only after the raid draws criticism

NECOBS뉴스(자막뉴스)Single source

2026.06.11Thu

10:00 PM

▸SBS — there was not even a ‘fill-in manual’ for the unnumbered ballots, causing confusion and delay (per the fact-finding committee) / Jamsil 2-dong’s ‘33 more’ record explained as a ‘clerical error’ / the print-floor cut was ‘mindful of fraud-election suspicions’

NECSBS(URL 확인 예정)Single source

9:14 PM

▸PM Kim Min-seok’s ‘infringement of voting rights’ ministerial meeting — ‘the NEC, top to bottom, must wake up; at this rate it should be dissolved’ + on parts of the Jamsil gathering, ‘a breach of democratic order — zero-tolerance response’

DP연합뉴스(종합)뉴시스(속보)Multi-verified

5:23 PM

▸‘Vote-count entry error’ in the Gyeonggi education-superintendent race too — at Geumgwang 2-dong, Seongnam, two candidates’ vote totals were ‘entered swapped’; the Gyeonggi commission issued a public apology (KBS, Channel A)

NECKBS(단독)채널A(대국민 사과)동아일보Multi-verified

3:21 PM

▸NEC staff get a ‘special diligence bonus’ of 205 million won — paid flatly regardless of performance; ‘double-compensation’ controversy (Hankook Ilbo exclusive)

NEC한국일보(단독)Single source

12:13 PM

▸One week of blocked access at the Jamsil count center (Olympic Park handball arena) — over the resident sports organizations’ ‘return to normal work’ press conference, views split between ‘a genuine plea’ and ‘a staged event’

이데일리(URL 확인 예정)뉴시스(사진)스레드(SNS 제보·미확인)Multi-verified

11:00 AM

▸Jeonbuk Election Commission confirmed the superintendent count error on the 5th but reported it to the central NEC three days later — ‘we were off for Memorial Day and the weekend’ (Channel A)

NEC채널A(유튜브)Single source

10:30 AM

▸TV Chosun exclusive — signs that materials were carried out by the box from the Seoul Election Commission’s ‘temporary office,’ which was left out of the search

NECTV조선 뉴스9(단독)Single source

9:00 AM

▸Police raid 7 sites including the central NEC simultaneously — ‘ballot shortage,’ suspected election-law violations and dereliction of duty

NEC연합뉴스TV(URL 확인 예정)MBC(노태악 피의자 적시)파이낸셜뉴스(종합)Multi-verified

8:00 AM

▸The other 6 storage boxes ‘whereabouts unknown’ — Channel A: ‘the community center disposed of them’ vs ‘we didn’t’; accounts conflict (TV Chosun, KBS)

NEC채널A 뉴스ATV조선 뉴스9(‘6개 행방 몰라’)KBS(폐기업체 현장취재)Multi-verified

12:58 AM

▸The ‘50% ballot printing’ cut was decided by 2 secretariat officials via ‘sole authority,’ with no meeting or vote by the 9 commissioners (Chosun Ilbo)

NEC조선일보(URL 확인 예정)한국일보헤럴드경제Multi-verified

2026.06.10Wed

9:34 PM

▸President Lee Jae-myung on social media — ‘at the Jamsil gathering, insults and assaults on police have crossed the line… cannot be condoned’

Lee헤럴드경제파이낸셜뉴스서울경제Multi-verified

9:00 PM

▸The missing ‘1,900-sheet (49%) storage box’ — Songpa admits ‘disposed of as waste the day after the preservation request’ (about 5 hours before the grant notice); NEC ‘had no intent to destroy evidence,’ and even the disposal contractor can’t locate it

NEC채널A(단독)KBS(단독·폐기업체 현장취재)TV조선 뉴스9(‘증거 신청 다음날 폐기·6개 행방 몰라’)Multi-verified

8:00 PM

▸SBS exclusive — 70% of ballots sent additionally on election day were ‘unnumbered’… serials hand-written on site / some stations had more voters than ballots

NECSBS 8뉴스(단독·박찬범)Single source

7:00 PM

▸Jeonbuk education-superintendent count ‘entry error’ — Jeonju Junghwasan-dong station No. 1 (1,104 voters) omitted entirely, station No. 3 (994 votes) double-entered (KBS exclusive)

NECKBS(단독)서울신문(민주주의 망치는 선관위 2)Multi-verified

6:00 PM

▸Student councils of 18 universities issue a joint declaration on the ‘ballot-shortage crisis’ — on the 39th anniversary of the June 10 uprising, ‘condemn the infringement of voting rights, get to the truth, reform the NEC’ / it later spreads to 212 universities

NEC국민일보(18개대 명단)파이낸셜뉴스(18개대)뉴스핌(시국선언)Multi-verified

3:30 PM

▸Court’s on-site inspection at Jamsil 7-dong fails to find the ‘1,900-print box’ — evidence preservation falls through; NEC: “We don’t know where it is either”

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(상자 행방)파이낸셜뉴스(종합)헤럴드경제Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸PM Kim Min-seok: NEC needs ‘dissolution-level’ reform · Speaker Cho Jeong-sik: ‘inquiry committee to be formed on the 11th’ — June 10 uprising anniversary

DP파이낸셜뉴스(의장·총리)MBC이투데이Multi-verified

6:00 AM

▸Main ballots ‘printed under 50%’ at 1,371 sites nationwide (1 in 10)… Sejong 78%, lowest 45.5%; the 60→50% cut was by ‘unilateral decision’

NEC한국일보(단독)뉴스1부산일보Multi-verified

12:01 AM

▸‘Leftover-ballot storage envelopes and campaign mailers’ found in a Chuncheon apartment trash bin — dispute over poor post-election handling of materials

NEC강원일보(단독)YTNSingle source

2026.06.09Tue

8:00 PM

▸Joint police-prosecution task force officially launches — head Kim Tae-hoon, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ 3rd deputy chief

파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

6:00 PM

▸Court ‘partly grants’ evidence preservation of the Jamsil ballot storage box and CCTV — denies it for the main ballots and ballot boxes

문화일보헤럴드경제파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

3:54 PM

▸NEC: “Identical totals are coincidence… please refrain from baseless suspicion”

NEC헤럴드경제뉴스핌SBSMulti-verified

3:00 PM

▸Oh Se-hoon draws a line on a ‘full re-election’ — ‘a 60,000-vote gap can’t change the outcome’; to Jang Dong-hyuk, ‘hard to win applause’

PPP서울신문MBC머니투데이Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸Fifth day of the gathering in front of the Olympic Park counting center (6/9) — about 10,000 during the day, slogans expanding to ‘NEC reform’ and spreading to campuses

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(종합)시사저널인사이트Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸President Lee Jae-myung departs on a Europe trip (G7) June 9–18 — his first overseas schedule right after handling the incident

LeeMBC대통령실 브리핑뉴데일리Multi-verified

2026.06.08Mon

10:00 PM

▸NEC launches an external fact-finding committee (chair Cho Hyun-wook)… leadership under acting officials

NEC한국일보뉴스1Multi-verified

9:00 PM

▸NEC raises ‘election-day shortage stations’ to 91… 140 with add-on deliveries (June 8 recount)

NEC경향신문(91곳)헤럴드경제(140곳)MBCMulti-verified

6:30 PM

▸This time, ‘1,200 omitted from the voter roll’ (Cheongju)… the pre-check sheet read ‘no issues’

NEC경향신문한국일보헤럴드경제Multi-verified

3:00 PM

▸Both parties submit inquiry requests over the ballot incident — the PPP (Rep. Kim Eun-hye) also files a ‘vote-manipulation special-counsel bill’

PPP파이낸셜뉴스(국조 요구서)이투데이헤럴드경제Multi-verified

12:00 PM

▸PPP internal rift over ‘re-election’ — Jang Dong-hyuk keeps demanding it, while winner Oh Se-hoon stays silent and keeps his distance

PPPMBC파이낸셜뉴스오마이뉴스Multi-verified

12:00 PM

▸Identical vote totals for the two major parties observed simultaneously across different precincts in in-district early voting

NEC중앙선관위 개표단위별 개표결과Single source

10:30 AM

▸President Lee Jae-myung: ‘the ballot shortage is very serious, but it differs from election-fraud theory’ — first-anniversary press conference and meeting of the four branch heads

Lee파이낸셜뉴스(회견)파이낸셜뉴스(회동 종합)한국일보Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸Joint police-prosecution task force in the works — framed as a ‘mismanaged election’; Supreme Prosecutors’ Office: ‘we will rigorously establish the public’s suspicions’

문화일보파이낸셜뉴스한국일보Multi-verified

2026.06.07Sun

9:00 PM

▸Third day of citizens’ voluntary gathering in front of the Jamsil Olympic Park counting center — crowds again on Sunday after a weekend high of 30,000

파이낸셜뉴스뉴스핌뉴시스Multi-verified

2:30 PM

▸DP floats ‘checking the NEC even via constitutional amendment’

DP문화일보한겨레Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸Both parties to submit inquiry requests on the 8th — DP’s ‘NEC reform’ vs PPP’s ‘re-election’

PPPDP경향신문파이낸셜뉴스문화일보Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸Yoo Jeong-bok demands ‘abolish early voting’ at a press conference + Songdo sorter-malfunction dispute

PPP인천투데이경인방송문화일보Multi-verified

1:00 PM

▸President Lee Jae-myung posts on X (formerly Twitter) an order to form a joint police-prosecution task force and a request for a parliamentary inquiry

Lee한국일보파이낸셜뉴스뉴스핌Multi-verified

12:00 PM

▸Ballot budget was set at ‘110% of voters’ — actual printing floored at ‘50%’

NECMBC 뉴스데스크헤럴드경제더퍼블릭Multi-verified

10:30 AM

▸Jang Dong-hyuk at a press conference demands a meeting with Lee Jae-myung, a special counsel, and abolishing early voting

PPP머니투데이Multi-verified

9:00 AM

▸Privacy commission opens an inquiry into the Jamsil 7-dong voter-roll-check-slip exposure

인사이트Single source

2026.06.06Sat

10:00 PM

▸Second day of citizens’ voluntary gathering at Jamsil Olympic Park — up to about 30,000 at night (centered on 20s–30s youth)

SBSKBSMulti-verified

4:00 PM

▸Rally in front of the Blue House urging a re-election — remarks by PPP supreme council member Kim Min-su

PPP연합뉴스(현장 사진)오마이뉴스(추진 보도)Multi-verified

1:00 PM

▸President Lee Jae-myung and his wife make a surprise Memorial Day visit to a Gangdong-gu traditional market — buying tteokbokki and more

Lee인사이트대전일보Multi-verified

12:35 PM

▸Citizens’ voluntary gathering in front of the Olympic Park counting center continues — surging during the day, many young people

인사이트오마이뉴스파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

11:30 AM

▸Gwanghwamun ‘June 6 national rally’ — hosted by Daegukbon, demanding a re-election and an NEC investigation

파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

◐ Fact juxtaposition

Identical early-vote totals in Songdo 1 & 2-dong — fact vs. NEC explanation

Fact (NEC statistics)

In-district early voting in Songdo 1 & 2-dong: Park Chan-dae 3,030 and Yoo Jeong-bok 1,440 — identical. But the voter counts, Lee Ki-bung’s votes, and the election-day results all differ.

Source: NEC statistics system

Incheon Election CommissionNEC

The totals coincidentally matched after going through separate sorting and review.

Source: News1

11:00 AM

▸Songdo 1·2-dong early voting in Incheon — identical totals for Park Chan-dae and Yoo Jeong-bok

뉴스1머니투데이뉴데일리Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸Jang Dong-hyuk at the supreme council: ‘we will fight to the end — a re-election is unavoidable’

PPP파이낸셜뉴스시사저널머니투데이Multi-verified

◐ Fact juxtaposition

‘More voters than expected’ vs. media fact-check

NEC (Yoon Jae-su)NEC

At some precincts, more voters turned out than expected on the day, so ballots ran short.

Source: NEC briefing

Fact-check

Across all of Songpa, about 40,000 ballots were left over, on top of the print floor being cut 60%→50%. A distribution failure.

Source: Yonhap

8:30 AM

▸Media fact-check — about 40,000 left over in Songpa, print standard confirmed cut 60%→50%

연합뉴스동아일보Multi-verified

2026.06.05Fri

10:00 PM

▸First day of citizens’ voluntary gathering in front of the Jamsil Olympic Park counting center — demanding a re-election after the count was complete

인사이트오마이뉴스Multi-verified

4:46 PM

▸Clarifying the shortage-station numbers (14 → 67 → 50 → 22)

선관위 브리핑(6/5)파이낸셜뉴스헤럴드경제Multi-verified

4:45 PM

▸NEC announces nationwide shortage tally — 67 add-on deliveries, 50 actual shortages, 22 voting halts

NEC파이낸셜뉴스헤럴드경제뉴스핌Multi-verified

◐ Fact juxtaposition

The 11 a.m. report — ‘shortage was reported’ claim vs. ‘it was about something else’ rebuttal

Question (reporter)

A ballot-shortage report came in at 11 a.m., yet the response was slow.

Source: SBS video

Answer (Director Lee Sang-neung)NEC

It was a report about something else. (Did not specify what.)

Source: SBS video

4:30 PM

▸NEC Q&A — rebuts that ‘the 11 a.m. report was about something else’

NECSBSSingle source

4:00 PM

▸Chair Roh Tae-ak (term-expiry controversy) and Secretary-General Heo Cheol-hoon jointly offer to resign

NEC서울신문뉴스핌뉴시스Multi-verified

3:08 PM

▸PPP Seoul city councillor Moon Seong-ho raises a ‘foreign-voter roll’ suspicion and pursues legal action — to his demand to ‘track «ghost voter» roll numbers and block proxy voting,’ the NEC replies that ‘personal data cannot be inspected without a warrant’ (May 28 · June 5)

PPPNEC서울신문(5/28 — 유령 외국인 유권자 전산추적·대리투표 차단 요청)서울신문(6/5 — 외국인 유권자 명부 법적 대응)Single source

1:00 PM

▸Count complete — Oh Se-hoon 49.22%, Jung Won-oh 48.07% (gap 1.15 points)

헤럴드경제뉴시스Multi-verified

12:42 PM

▸PPP internal dispute over the word ‘riot’ — pushback within the party over Bae Hyun-jin’s remark

PPPMBC헤럴드경제파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

11:30 AM

▸NEC ‘election-season leave’ controversy — 176 staff on leave around the June 3 election (124 on childcare leave, etc.) / at a hearing, asked the ‘reason for leave,’ one answer was ‘no one to look after my child’ (OBS, etc.)

NEC서울경제(단독, 올해도 176명…선거철에 쉬는 선관위 직원)파이낸셜뉴스(‘일하기 싫어 육아휴직’ vs ‘법적 권리’…선거철 휴직 논란)OBS 오늘낮말(현장영상, ‘자녀를 맡길 곳이 없어서’ 휴직 사유)Multi-verified

◐ Fact juxtaposition

Transport without observers — ‘could be void’ claim vs. ‘a matter to watch’

People Power PartyPPP

Ballot boxes moved without observers present could be ruled void (claims only 14 observers took part).

Source: Seoul Shinmun video

NECNEC

A matter to watch, given the circumstances. If you object, resolve it through litigation.

Source: Seoul Shinmun video

11:00 AM

▸PPP protests to the NEC in person at the counting center — claims ‘only 14 observers took part’

PPPNEC서울신문Single source

10:00 AM

▸Second standoff at the counting center — citizens regather there

연합뉴스파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

9:30 AM

▸After the Jamsil 7-dong forced removal, ‘voter-roll check slips’ left abandoned at the station — voters’ personal data exposed

NEC연합뉴스(다음)헤럴드경제M이코노미뉴스Multi-verified

8:54 AM

▸Two ballot boxes removed — transported to the counting center

파이낸셜뉴스머니투데이Multi-verified

7:50 AM

▸About 1,000 officers from 18 riot units deployed — forced dispersal begins

파이낸셜뉴스머니투데이세계일보Multi-verified

2026.06.04Thu

8:35 PM

▸Jamsil 7-dong access blockage drags on — one staff member taken to hospital

세계일보이투데이Multi-verified

3:18 PM

▸Seoul NEC, 11 hours after ‘won’t force it,’ asked Songpa police for ‘ballot-box transport support’ — the letter cited ‘crowd assault/threats’ / Kim Eun-hye alleges a ‘false official document’ (June 4 letter, revealed June 20)

PPPNEC파이낸셜뉴스(선관위 ‘강제이송 안 한다’더니 경찰 원조 요청…공문엔 ‘폭행·협박’)뉴스1(선관위 ‘강제이송 안 한다’더니 경찰 원조 요청…공문엔 ‘폭행·협박’)Multi-verified

2:00 PM

▸President Lee Jae-myung ‘deeply regrets it’ + NEC fact-finding-committee plan

LeeNEC한국일보경향신문Multi-verified

12:00 PM

▸Metropolitan heads 12 to 4 — Seoul mayor undetermined due to uncounted Jamsil 7-dong

서울시선관위뉴시스서울신문Multi-verified

11:00 AM

▸DP dismisses re-election talk on counting day — Cho Seung-rae: ‘not worth a moment’s consideration’

DP파이낸셜뉴스오마이뉴스Multi-verified

9:30 AM

▸Candidate Jung Won-oh concedes

DP서울신문YTNMulti-verified

7:16 AM

▸Seoul mayor count — Oh Se-hoon overtakes Jung Won-oh for the first time

뉴시스머니투데이Multi-verified

4:27 AM

▸Seoul Election Commission — ‘we will not force the transport’

NEC서울신문파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

4:00 AM

▸NEC official position — ‘not grounds for a re-election; counting cannot be halted’

NEC연합뉴스뉴시스파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

12:30 AM

▸Riot police deployed to Jamsil 7-dong — standoff

경향신문파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

2026.06.03Wed

11:50 PM

▸Jamsil 7-dong station No. 2 voting officially ends

파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

11:30 PM

▸Blue House’s first reaction — ‘a matter for the NEC to handle’ (stressing the independent constitutional body)

Lee파이낸셜뉴스시사저널헤럴드경제Multi-verified

10:30 PM

▸PPP leadership’s protest visit to the Gwacheon NEC

PPPNEC서울신문Single source

10:15 PM

▸Dongjak early-voting boxes ‘seal damaged, transport route deviated’ suspicion — one of three Yeongdeungpo early-voting-box vehicles left the convoy and entered by a back gate; on the PPP’s objection the NEC temporarily held that vehicle’s boxes from counting (night of June 3)

PPPNEC이데일리(동작 사전투표함 개표 보류…국힘 ‘봉인지 훼손·이송 경로 이탈’)TV조선 [티조Clip](사전투표 봉인지 훼손…투표함 이송 경로도 이탈)Multi-verified

10:00 PM

▸Songpa civil servant on the union board: ‘We simply cannot run this election’ — “Not one NEC staffer came to the site”

NEC파이낸셜뉴스MBCBBC코리아Multi-verified

9:30 PM

▸PPP leader Jang Dong-hyuk’s emergency press conference — demands halting the count and a revote

PPP서울경제Single source

9:30 PM

▸Jamsil 7-dong station No. 2 extended to 10 p.m. — standoff with citizens begins

파이낸셜뉴스연합뉴스Multi-verified

9:00 PM

▸Secretary-General Heo Cheol-hoon’s public apology + ‘Songpa printed 50%’ remark

NEC서울경제파이낸셜뉴스Multi-verified

7:50 PM

▸Around 7:50 p.m. on 6/3 (about when counting began), a fire of unknown cause on a hill ‘inside the grounds’ of the Gwacheon central NEC

NEC경향신문중부일보(합동 현장감식서 ‘방화단서 미발견’)한국일보(경찰 ‘실화 등 가능성 조사’)Multi-verified

6:30 PM

▸Some stations close at 6 and begin counting ↔ Jamsil 7-dong and others extend voting to 10 p.m.

YTN파이낸셜뉴스연합뉴스TV(유튜브)Multi-verified

6:20 PM

▸NEC: ‘as of 6:20 p.m., 14 Seoul stations short of ballots’

NEC경향신문디지털타임스Multi-verified

5:00 PM

▸NEC text notice — guidance that waiting voters can vote normally

NEC파이낸셜뉴스경향신문Multi-verified

4:00 PM

▸Ballots ferried by motorcycle in ‘shopping bags and ziplock bags’ — the extra delivery of shortfall ballots without the standard ‘police presence, observers, sealing’ procedure (June 3)

NEC파이낸셜뉴스(‘추가 투표용지를 쇼핑백에 담아와’…지퍼백 투표지까지 ‘총체적 부실’)Single source

2:00 PM

▸Songpa·NEC field-staff group chat — ‘shortage inquiries from 2 p.m.’

NEC파이낸셜뉴스연합뉴스JTBCMulti-verified

1:30 PM

▸A ‘re-entering the polling station’ case in Hwaseong — a voter who took only 3 of 7 ballots and left went back in to cast the rest / handling differed by district, with no on-site manual (KBS, follow-up on a June 3 incident)

NECKBS뉴스(김용덕 기자)Single source

1:00 PM

▸Some Songpa-gu stations begin running out of ballots

YTNSingle source

6:00 AM

▸Main voting begins (6 a.m.–6 p.m. scheduled)

선관위 발표뉴스핌Multi-verified

2026.06.02Tue

3:20 PM

▸Hankook Ilbo analysis — ‘the value of my single vote: at least ₩28 million; election-management cost: ₩1.24 trillion’ / each voter receives up to 8 ballots issued in two rounds, and ‘no re-issue even if you mismark’ (June 2, the day before the election)

한국일보다음뉴스Single source

10:00 AM

▸President Lee Jae-myung orders ‘review of postal and electronic voting’ for overseas Koreans’ suffrage (the day before the main election)

Lee아주경제시사저널오마이뉴스Multi-verified

2026.05.30Sat

6:00 PM

▸Early-voting turnout 23.51% — a record high for local elections

파이낸셜뉴스매일노동뉴스Multi-verified

2026.05.29Fri

11:30 AM

▸President Lee Jae-myung holds his marked ballot in hand, unfolded, during early voting — and despite the supervisor’s ‘you mustn’t show it,’ says ‘look here, it doesn’t matter’ and ‘is it okay that it only stamped like this?’ — the ‘ballot-exposure’ controversy (PPP files complaint vs. NEC calls it ‘valid’)

DPLeeNECSBS서울경제헤럴드경제Multi-verified

10:00 AM

▸Proxy vote slips through with a cousin’s ID at a Daegu early-voting station — the ‘identity-check loophole’ recurs after last year’s presidential election (a fingerprint ≠ identity verification)

NECYTN머니투데이한국경제Multi-verified

2026.03.06Fri

9:00 AM

▸In-district early-voting boxes are ‘opaque cloth bags’ — the NEC switched only the stand to transparent from the 6·3 election

NEC동아일보경향신문Multi-verified

2026.02.24Tue

7:41 PM

▸Democratic Party pushes a Public Official Election Act revision for ‘up to 10 years for spreading election falsehoods’ — critics call it an ‘election gag law’

DP중앙일보자유일보기독일보Multi-verified