A protester holds a placard outside the handball gymnasium at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Saturday, as the demonstration blockading the Jamsil ballot-counting center continues. Protesters are demanding a re-election over allegations of fraud stemming from a ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections. [Yonhap]
A protester holds a placard outside the handball gymnasium at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Saturday, as the demonstration blockading the Jamsil ballot-counting center continues. Protesters are demanding a re-election over allegations of fraud stemming from a ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections. [Yonhap]

As protests over election fraud allegations — sparked by a ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections — continue, celebrities and public figures have been showing up at the scene or posting messages of support on social media.

Celebrity stylist Kim Woori shared photos and videos from the protest site near the handball gymnasium at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Friday.

"They are all young people. We adults are sorry," Kim wrote, adding that the youth demonstrations were "not a left-right political fight, but a cry to defend liberal democracy and the right to vote."

Actor Shin Ji-won, formerly known as Jo Hyeon of the girl group Berry Good, also visited the protest site that day. She posted footage of the Taegeukgi-waving crowd at Olympic Park along with a photo marking her location.

"My hands and heart tremble too," she wrote. "I poured all of my 20s into this career and I love it so much — of course I'm scared of losing everything."

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Hong Yeong-gi, known from the early 2000s internet celebrity show "Ulzzang Shidae," also posted protest photos on Instagram. The images included signs reading "The media is reporting citizens as protesters" and "Tell the media — this isn't being covered." She added: "My body and skin are finally perfect. The country is in a state of emergency right now."

Jin, a member of the group Lovelyz, shared protest-related content on her Instagram story. The post read: "The fact that voting rights were infringed upon due to a ballot shortage is an internationally embarrassing matter. Regardless of political color or ideology, unfair and opaque administration that shakes the roots of democracy is tantamount to abandoning the honor of the Republic of Korea and the rights of its people."

The protests began after ballots ran out early at several polling stations on June 3, including the second polling station in Jamsil 7-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. Demonstrators, citing mismanagement by the National Election Commission, blockaded that station entirely. Two ballot boxes containing votes from roughly 2,000 voters were held up for about 35 hours before reaching the counting center.

Police deployed approximately 1,000 officers from 18 riot units on Thursday to disperse the blockade. The ballot boxes were then transferred to the handball gymnasium at Olympic Park, where counting was completed.

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