President Lee Jae-myung: "Rational Improvement of Regulations to Enhance Broadcasting Industry Competitiveness"

President Lee Jae-myung stated, "We will rationally improve outdated regulations to boost the competitiveness of the broadcasting industry."

In a congratulatory message delivered on the 3rd by Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Relations and Communication Sung Ki-hong for the 63rd Broadcasting Day ceremony held in Yongsan, Seoul, President Lee remarked, "The broadcasting industry is facing the challenge of having to survive amid fierce competition with global media."

The remark takes into consideration the rapidly changing broadcasting and media environment centered around OTT services.

President Lee also stated, "We will actively support the restoration of publicness in broadcasting as well as innovation and growth," adding, "In particular, we will institutionally back the autonomy and independence of broadcasting."

President Lee especially emphasized, "We will also realize a 'basic media society' that guarantees the participation rights, access rights, and selection rights of all citizens."

National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik said in a video congratulatory message, "The power of high culture is no longer a dream but a reality," adding, "We will spare no necessary support so that South Korea's broadcasting can create content that leads the world."

Song Ki-heon, Chairperson of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee, stressed, "Seeing more than 80,000 people gather at a BTS concert venue in France and sing along to 'Arirang' in Korean, I could not help but feel a sense of pride," adding, "For us to properly fulfill our role as a cultural nation and develop, the advancement of broadcasting is above all an absolute and necessary-sufficient condition."

Kim Jong-chul, Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), stated, "The history of South Korea's broadcasting has served as the foundation for South Korea, which is spoken of in terms of a cultural powerhouse and K-culture," adding, "I hope that broadcasting professionals, the government, and the National Assembly will turn crisis into opportunity based on their underlying strength."

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