Democratic Party Selects Candidates for Public Broadcasting Board Seats: 4 for KBS, 3 for EBS, 3 for MBC

The Democratic Party of Korea announced today, July 3, that it has selected its candidates for the board of directors at the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), the Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), and the Foundation for Broadcast Culture (MBC).

The party's special committee for the qualification review of public officials recommended by the National Assembly reached the decision yesterday and reported it to the Supreme Council today.

The Democratic Party is responsible for selecting four out of the six board members for KBS, and three out of the five members for both EBS and the Foundation for Broadcast Culture, which are the quotas allocated to the National Assembly.

Specifically, the candidates for the KBS board are Kim Yu-jin, former non-standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Standards Commission; Ryu Il-hyung, a current KBS board member; Lee Seung-hoon, co-chair of the Civil Society Organizations Network; and Lee Chang-hyun, a media professor at Kookmin University.

For the EBS board, the nominees are Kim Han-na, an associate professor of education at Chongshin University; Lee Jin-soon, former standing co-representative of the Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media; and Cho Ho-yeon, a current non-standing board member at EBS.

The candidates for the Foundation for Broadcast Culture include Kim Ki-joong, a lawyer at the law firm Dongseoyangjae; Seok Won-hyuk, a non-standing director at the Korea Exchange; and Oh Tae-kyu, former Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Osaka.

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