MBN 6-Month Suspension Halted... Court Cites "Concerns Over Irreparable Damage"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The comprehensive programming channel MBN filed a request for a temporary suspension of the six-month business suspension order with the Korea Communications Commission, and the court accepted the injunction application.

The Seoul Administrative Court, Administrative Division 2 (Presiding Judge Jeongmin Lee), accepted MBN's injunction application against the business suspension order filed against the Korea Communications Commission. The court stated, "There is a concern that MBN may suffer irreparable damage, and it is recognized that there is an urgent need to prevent such damage." Accordingly, the business suspension order by the Korea Communications Commission will lose its effect until 30 days after the first trial verdict in the main lawsuit is issued.

Previously, in November of last year, the Korea Communications Commission imposed a six-month business suspension on MBN for illegally raising capital in violation of the Broadcasting Act. However, the suspension was deferred for six months to minimize damage to partner companies. MBN filed an administrative lawsuit, arguing that although it had already corrected the illegal matters, the punishment was excessively severe, and also applied for an injunction to temporarily halt the enforcement of the suspension order.

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