In Korea, election night coverage becomes a visual feast again
South Korea's major television networks once again set out to package Wednesday's local elections as prime-time entertainment, layering CGI animation, pop-culture parody and, for the first time on a large scale, generative AI over their live vote counts.
In the election for mayors and provincial governors, along with hundreds of lower offices, President Lee Jae Myung's governing Democratic Party won most of the major races, while the conservative People Power Party held Seoul and its traditional
South Korea Local Elections Conclude
- Police identify over 4,000 election law suspects in local election crackdown Korea Times —
- South Koreans line up early for local election voting UPI —
- Election watchdog says ballot shortage not grounds for revote or postponement The Korea Herald —
- Election watchdog says ballot shortage not cause for postponing election Korea Times —
- Election watchdog rules out postponing election, revote after ballot shortage in Seoul The Korea Herald —