'Political Broadcaster Kim Eo-jun's Removal' Blue House National Petition Surpasses 200,000 Signatures... Meets Government Response Criteria

A Blue House petition to remove broadcaster Kim Eo-jun from TBS Traffic Broadcasting. Photo by Blue House petition board capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim So-young] More than 200,000 people have agreed to a petition demanding the removal of Kim Eo-jun, the host of TBS Radio's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory.'

On the 9th, a post titled "Please remove Kim Eo-jun, a biased political broadcaster, from Traffic Broadcasting" was uploaded on the Blue House National Petition website.

The petitioner pointed out, "Seoul Traffic Broadcasting exists to monitor Seoul's traffic flow in real time to prevent confusion," and added, "Mr. Kim openly supports only a specific political party while blatantly disparaging opposing parties or politicians, deeply involving himself in elections and politics."

He continued, "As public anger grew to replace Kim Eo-jun, he responded by calling it discrimination," and argued, "Traffic Broadcasting has long become a political broadcast supporting a particular party, so is it discrimination to try to correct this distorted Traffic Broadcasting?"

This post surpassed 200,000 agreements shortly after midnight on the 13th, about four days after it was posted. According to the Blue House National Petition system, if a petition receives more than 200,000 agreements within 30 days of being made public, government or Blue House officials must provide an official response. Having met the criteria to receive a government response, attention is focused on what kind of reply the Blue House will issue.

Meanwhile, on the 8th, Mr. Kim stated on the broadcast, "There are many who think this is the last broadcast, and many who hope it is the last broadcast. But that is difficult," and claimed, "The structure was created so that TBS could be independent through the mayor's influence," suggesting that abolishing News Factory would be difficult.

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