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South Korea bans protest onions at polling stations ahead of parliamentary elections | South China Morning Post

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Ahead of South Korea's 2024 parliamentary elections, a ban forbidding voters from bringing spring onions to polling stations was announced amid political discontent towards conservative president Yoon Suk-yeol. Economic woes, including surging vegetable prices, have taken centre stage, exacerbated by allegations sur…

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