00:00South Korea's National Election Commission will hold an investigation
00:03after a shortage of ballot papers in local elections drew public anger,
00:09with protesters in a district of Seoul blocking ballot boxes from leaving a polling station.
00:15Voters on Wednesday cast ballots for mayors and governors in 16 major cities and provinces
00:21in a contest widely seen as a report card on President Lee Jae-myung's administration.
00:28Ballot papers ran out at more than a dozen polling stations
00:31amid higher-than-expected turnout, according to media reports.
00:36The shortages forced some voters to wait hours or leave without casting ballots
00:41with voting extended at affected sites.
00:44At a polling station in Seoul's Songpa area,
00:47crowds gathered from Wednesday evening after residents in the traditionally conservative stronghold
00:52began complaining that they had been unable to cast a vote.
00:56On Thursday morning, protesters identifying themselves as far-right supporters
01:01attempted to stop an election official from leaving the polling station
01:04as they held banners that carried phrases such as rigged election.
01:09The eliminating難民 are not fine.
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