PM to convene ministerial meeting on response to ballot shortage

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok will convene a meeting of relevant ministers Thursday to discuss government response measures to ballot shortages reported during last week's local elections, an official said.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at the government complex in the central administrative city of Sejong at 8:30 p.m. and bring together officials from the ministries of the interior, justice, education and culture, as well as the National Police Agency and the prosecution.

"It will be a venue for each ministry to comprehensively discuss ways to respond to the series of events related to the violation of voting rights," the government official said.

The ballot shortage at more than a dozen polling stations in Seoul during the June 3 elections has sparked outrage and protests calling for the protection of voting rights.

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (3rd from L, back row) presides over a meeting with university students regarding the shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections, at the government complex in Seoul on June 7, 2026. (Yonhap)