JK Kim decries lack of ballots as "this is regression...even in backward countries"

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Singer JKim Dong-wook has criticized the shortage of ballots for the June 3 local elections, calling it voting in a backward country.Its the level of the Korean Election Commission, JK Kim said on his social media (SNS) on June 3, things that wouldnt happen even in a backward country.He added, The apology is ridiculous. No one is willing to explain or take responsibility. I cant imagine how the people who went out to vote and found themselves in such a terrible and unrealistic situation must have felt, he added.The Korea I know and the Korea we know was not this country, said JK Kim, This is what I mean by regression.On the same day that the 6 and 3 local elections were held, voting was suspended at at least 14 polling stations in Seouls Songpa and Gangnam districts due to a shortage of ballots, forcing some voters to wait for more than two hours or give up and go home. Some polling stations remained open until 10 p.m., but even after the polls closed, ballot boxes were delayed due to protests from voters.In response, the Election Commission issued a statement saying, We deeply apologize for the confusion and inconvenience caused to the people in exercising their right to vote, adding, We take great responsibility for causing great disappointment and anxiety to voters who visited polling stations.JK Kim is a Korean-Canadian actor born in 1975. He was born in South Korea, but moved to Canada at age 18 and is not currently eligible to vote.
Singer JKim Dong-wook has criticized the shortage of ballots for the June 3 local elections, calling it voting in a backward country.Its the level of the Korean Election Commission, JK Kim said on his social media (SNS) on June 3, things that wouldnt happen even in a backward country.He added, The apology is ridiculous. No one is willing to explain or take responsibility. I cant imagine how the people who went out to vote and found themselves in such a terrible and unrealistic situation must have felt, he added.The Korea I know and the Korea we know was not this country, said JK Kim, This is what I mean by regression.On the same day that the 6 and 3 local elections were held, voting was suspended at at least 14 polling stations in Seouls Songpa and Gangnam districts due to a shortage of ballots, forcing some voters to wait for more than two hours or give up and go home. Some polling stations remained open until 10 p.m., but even after the polls closed, ballot boxes were delayed due to protests from voters.In response, the Election Commission issued a statement saying, We deeply apologize for the confusion and inconvenience caused to the people in exercising their right to vote, adding, We take great responsibility for causing great disappointment and anxiety to voters who visited polling stations.JK Kim is a Korean-Canadian actor born in 1975. He was born in South Korea, but moved to Canada at age 18 and is not currently eligible to vote.

Singer JKim Dong-wook has criticized the shortage of ballots for the June 3 local elections, calling it voting in a backward country.

"It's the level of the Korean Election Commission," JK Kim said on his social media (SNS) on June 3, "things that wouldn't happen even in a backward country."

He added, "The apology is ridiculous. No one is willing to explain or take responsibility. "I can't imagine how the people who went out to vote and found themselves in such a terrible and unrealistic situation must have felt," he added.

"The Korea I know and the Korea we know was not this country," said JK Kim, "This is what I mean by regression."

On the same day that the 6 and 3 local elections were held, voting was suspended at at least 14 polling stations in Seoul's Songpa and Gangnam districts due to a shortage of ballots, forcing some voters to wait for more than two hours or give up and go home. Some polling stations remained open until 10 p.m., but even after the polls closed, ballot boxes were delayed due to protests from voters.

In response, the Election Commission issued a statement saying, "We deeply apologize for the confusion and inconvenience caused to the people in exercising their right to vote," adding, "We take great responsibility for causing great disappointment and anxiety to voters who visited polling stations."

JK Kim is a Korean-Canadian actor born in 1975. He was born in South Korea, but moved to Canada at age 18 and is not currently eligible to vote.

About JK Kim Dong-wook

JK Kim Dong Uk is a South Korean singer, musical actor and the MC of music program "Dran".