June 5 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's election chief said Friday he will resign to take responsibility for ballot shortages that disrupted voting during the June 3 local elections.

More than 1,000 demonstrators had gathered outside a Seoul polling station on Thursday to block ballot boxes from being removed.

More than 1,000 demonstrators had gathered outside a Seoul polling station on Thursday to block ballot boxes from being removed.

More than 1,000 demonstrators had gathered outside a Seoul polling station on Thursday to block ballot boxes from being removed.

June 5 (Asia Today) -- Protesters who had blocked a polling station in Seoul's Songpa district for two nights and three days moved Friday to a vote-counting center, demanding a new election after ballot shortages disrupted voting in the June 3 local elections.

Rho Tae-ak said the ballot paper shortage had understandably raised distrust in the election process.

Rho Tae-ak said the ballot paper shortage had understandably raised distrust in the election process.

Police on Friday secured remaining ballot boxes at a polling station in southern Seoul, two days after protesters gathered to prevent election officials from removing them in protest of a shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections.