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Beginning with South Korea’s 21st National Assembly elections on April 15, 2020,
wide- spread allegations of electoral fraud have been continually raised. Similar
accusations fol-lowed during the presidential election on March 9, 2022, as well
as in local elections and various by-elections.

In the general election on April 10, 2024, an extremely imbalanced National
Assembly emerged—with the opposition securing 192 seats and the ruling party
only 108—once again prompting widespread allegations of electoral fraud.
Nevertheless, the mainstream media either completely ignored the issue or
dismissed it as mere conspiracy theory, and hundreds of election-related lawsuits
were summarily rejected without even a formal trial. As a result, discussions
regarding electoral fairness have failed to take root in the public sphere.

The Conservative Political Action Conference–Korea (KCPAC) has consistently
main-tained that electoral fairness must be verified on the basis of scientific
and objective evi-dence—not as a matter of any particular political ideology
or faction. Fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy, and citizens must
have the assurance that every vote is accu-rately reflected. When allegations
of electoral fraud arise, a clear and rigorous verification process is essential for
protecting democracy and must never be dismissed as mere parti-san rhetoric.

This issue is not confined to South Korea. During the 2020 United States
presidential election, allegations of electoral fraud surrounding mail-in ballots
emerged in patterns strikingly similar to those seen in Korea. The misuse of
electoral systems to perpetrate fraudulent acts is increasingly becoming an
international concern—one that poses a signif-icant challenge to the stability of
democracy worldwide, far beyond a mere domestic polit-ical matter.