Democratic Party Nominates Candidates for KBS, EBS, and MBC Boards

The Democratic Party announced on Thursday its nominated candidates for the ruling party's allocated seats on the boards of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), and Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).

The party's special committee for vetting parliamentary-nominated public officials finalized the candidate list after a meeting. For KBS, four individuals were nominated: Kim Yu-jin, former emergency committee member of the Korea Communications Standards Commission; Ryu Il-hyeong, a current KBS board member; Lee Seung-hoon, co-representative of the Civic Society Organizations Network; and Lee Chang-hyun, a media professor at Kookmin University.

Candidates for the EBS board include Kim Han-na, an associate professor at Chongshin University's Faculty of Education; Lee Jin-soon, former standing co-representative of the Citizens' Coalition for Media Monitoring; and Cho Ho-yeon, a non-standing director of EBS. For the MBC board, the nominated candidates are Kim Ki-jung, a lawyer and current MBC board member; Seok Won-hyuk, a non-standing director of the Korea Exchange; and Oh Tae-gyu, former consul general in Osaka.

The Democratic Party is responsible for selecting four out of the seven KBS board members and three out of the five board members for EBS and MBC, according to the proportional allocation of parliamentary seats.