From the left, Namkyun Lee, lawyer at Class Law Firm; Sujeong Kim, policy committee member of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy; Seokhyun Han, team leader of the Seoul YMCA Viewer and Citizen Movement Headquarters; Hyojae Kim, standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission; Kwangjae Kim, professor at Hanyang Cyber University; Jiyoung Oh, lawyer at Hanbyul Law Firm; Wonsik Hong, professor at Dongduk Women’s University

From the left, Namkyun Lee, lawyer at Class Law Firm; Sujeong Kim, policy committee member of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy; Seokhyun Han, team leader of the Seoul YMCA Viewer and Citizen Movement Headquarters; Hyojae Kim, standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission; Kwangjae Kim, professor at Hanyang Cyber University; Jiyoung Oh, lawyer at Hanbyul Law Firm; Wonsik Hong, professor at Dongduk Women’s University

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] The 13th Viewer Rights Protection Committee under the Korea Communications Commission officially launched by holding its first meeting on the 1st.


The Viewer Rights Protection Committee is a statutory committee established under the Broadcasting Act to collect viewers' opinions on broadcasting and deliberate on viewer complaints and petitions regarding infringement of viewers' legitimate rights and interests.


At the first meeting held since its launch, appointment letters were delivered to the committee members appointed on February 23. In addition, two items including the "13th Viewer Rights Protection Committee Operation Plan" were discussed.



The 13th committee is chaired by Kim Hyojae, a standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission, and consists of nine experts from related fields such as broadcasting and media, education and culture, law, and viewers: Kim Yeran (professor at Kwangwoon University), Hong Wonsik (professor at Dongduk Women's University), Kim Gwangjae (professor at Hanyang Cyber University), Park Sohyun (professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology), Oh Jiyoung (lawyer at Hanbyul Law Firm), Lee Namgyun (lawyer at Class Law Firm), Kim Sujeong (policy committee member of the Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media), and Han Seokhyun (team leader of the Seoul YMCA Viewer Citizen Movement Headquarters). The term is one year, until February 22 of next year.


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