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Korea Broadcasters Association says early voting data missing in local election exit poll for four areas

The Korea Broadcasters Association’s Joint Prediction Survey Committee (KEP) apologised on June 11 after errors were found in gender and age analysis data during coverage of the June 3 local election exit poll. KEP said early voting estimate data were omitted in four areas handled by Hankook Research, with only election-day exit poll results reflected. It said final winner forecasts combined both surveys normally and stressed the issue was a polling firm mistake.

Telecommunications & Media

AI use spreads ahead of June 3 local elections, from polls to vote count broadcasts

Generative AI is being used more widely than ever ahead of the June 3 nationwide local elections in South Korea, including in opinion polling, broadcasters’ real-time vote count analysis and explanations, and deepfake monitoring. SBS and OpenAI Korea plan to use GPT-5.5 for real-time natural-language commentary during an election night broadcast. AI-based “silicon sampling” is also drawing attention in polling, while authorities are deploying AI models to detect deepfakes.

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Park In-hwan encourages mail centre staff supporting narcotics inspections

Park In-hwan (박인환), head of the Korea Postal Service, visited the Anyang Mail Center on May 28 to inspect narcotics screening facilities and the handling of election mail, and encouraged staff. The Postal Service has set up dedicated spaces for narcotics inspections at several mail centres since last month. The Korea Customs Service conducts inspections there of all inbound mail. Three drug-containing parcels were detected over two months.