THE HALFAX HEIMDALL AUGUR

Election watchdog panel recommends criminal probe into ex-chief over ballot shortage SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The National Election Commission's (NEC) fact-finding...

(LEAD) Election watchdog chief apologizes to public for ballot shortage in local elections SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The National Election Commission (NEC) issued a public...

(2nd LD) Election watchdog apologizes to public for ballot shortage in local elections SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The National Election Commission (NEC) issued a public...

Investigators likely to question election watchdog officials soon over local election ballot shortage SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- A joint team of police investigators and prosecutors ...

Ex-election watchdog chief banned from leaving country amid ballot shortage probe SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The justice ministry has approved a request from inve...

(LEAD) Investigators to question election workers over ballot shortage SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Investigators on Monday were set to question a group ...

Election watchdog launches fact-finding team to look into ballot shortages SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The National Election Commission's (NEC) fact-finding...

(LEAD) Election watchdog panel recommends criminal probe into ex-chief over ballot shortage SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The National Election Commission's (NEC) fact-finding...

Election watchdog head to apologize over ballot shortages in local elections SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's election watchdog will issu...

Parliamentary committee questions election watchdog officials over ... Roh Tae-ak, center, former chairperson of the National Election Commission, speaks during a plenary session of a special parliamentary committee investigating ballot shortages reported during the recent local elections at the National Assembly in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap A parliamentary special committee on Tuesday conducted its first inquiry into the National Election Commission (NEC) over an unprecedented shortage of ballots during the recent local elections. Last week, the National Assembly launched a special 18-member committee to investigate the cause of the shortage of ballots at more than a dozen polling stations in Seoul during the June 3 local elections. "As the chairperson, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the shortcomings found in the NEC's oversight," former NEC Chairman Roh Tae-ak said at the session. The special committee is scheduled to receive a second round of reporting from the NEC and its regional offices, as well as the interior ministry and the National Police Agency on July 1. The committee also approved plans to conduct an on-site probe on July 8, followed by two days of heari…

(LEAD) Investigators likely to question election watchdog officials soon over local election ballot shortage SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- A joint team of police investigators and prosecutors ...

ED Korea deserves transparent, trusted election watchdog - The Korea Times A grim-faced Roh Tae-ak, then chairman of the National Election Commission, is seen during a press conference on June 5 to announce his resignation to take responsibility for the mismanagement of the June 3 local elections. Yonhap A police-prosecution task force will summon election officials this week as part of its investigation into the National Election Commission (NEC) over ballot paper shortages during the June 3 local elections. Last week, investigators searched the NEC headquarters and six related facilities, seizing documents and computer servers. According to media reports, the probe will focus on identifying the root cause of the ballot shortages and determining who was responsible for the decision to print enough ballots for only 50 percent of the total number of eligible voters in some electorates. The task force must conduct a fair and thorough investigation into the election commission. It should also expand its probe to examine other issues and suspicions that have emerged since the local elections. The ballot shortage is merely the tip of the iceberg in an NEC-created scandal that has sh…

Investigators to question election workers over ballot shortage SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Investigators on Monday were set to question a group ...

(LEAD) Election watchdog launches fact-finding team to look into ballot shortages SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The National Election Commission's (NEC) fact-finding...

(LEAD) Election watchdog chief offers to resign over ballot shortages in local elections SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's election watchdog offered t...

(LEAD) Election watchdog rules out postponing election, revote after ballot shortage in Seoul SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The election watchdog said Thursday a shortage of ball...

Election watchdog says ballot shortage not cause for postponing election SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The election watchdog said Thursday a shortage of ball...

(2nd LD) Election watchdog chief offers to resign over ballot shortages in local elections SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's election watchdog offered t...