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The head of NIS who reported the results of the inspection,
Kyu-Hyun Kim, and who had predicted fraud in the April 2024
National Assembly election was #red for unknown reasons after
issuing the report on the NEC, for unknown reasons.

NEC and the Judiciary – Obstructing Election Integrity Efforts
or ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Electoral Fraud?

In any country with a legitimate electoral system, the National
Election Commission (or its equivalent) plays an indispensable
role in ensuring the sanctity of the electoral system. And the
judiciary, ideally honest and independent, buttresses efforts by
citizens, civil society groups, and even the government to ensure
a clean electoral process.

In South Korea, however, some observers note that the NEC
has become a law unto itself, seemingly uninterested in election
integrity. Or even worse, complicit by action or inaction in
subverting South Korea’s hard earned electoral process.

NEC has a history of refusing external audits by the Board of
Audit and Inspection. It claims to conduct its own internal
audits. And lawmakers are reluctant to confront the NEC.

Even raising the issue of possible ‘election irregularities’, much
less ‘fraud’, in South Korea opens one up to a lawsuit and
punishment, given NEC aggressive defense of its ‘ownership’
of elections in South Korea. And until recently, you’d also get a
damaging label as an ‘election denier’ or conspiracy ‘nut’.

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