Ministry of Culture Appoints Fifty Members to the Press Arbitration Commission

Judge Gi-seon Lee, Chief Judge of Seoul Central District Court, et al.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 1st that it has appointed fifty members to the Press Arbitration Commission. In accordance with Article 7, Paragraph 3 of the "Act on the Mediation and Relief of Damage in the Press," appointees were selected from various fields including judges recommended by the Court Administration Office, lawyers recommended by the Korean Bar Association, former journalists, and scholars in the media industry. Among them are Lee Gi-seon, Chief Judge of the Seoul Central District Court; Lee Jang-hee, Chief Lawyer of the law firm Songdam; Lee Ji-eun, Lawyer at Liberty Law Office; Sung Baek-yu, former Deputy Head of the Sports Department at JoongAng Ilbo; Park Hyung-jun, Senior Chief Judge of the Busan District Court; Kim So-jeong, Professor of Journalism and Broadcasting at Kyungpook National University; Lee Geon-bae, Chief Judge of the Suwon District Court; and Kim Chi-wan, Professor of Philosophy at Jeju National University. Going forward, the commission will mediate and arbitrate disputes arising from press reports and review infringements of legal interests. With this appointment, the entire Press Arbitration Commission will be composed of eighteen judges, eighteen lawyers, twenty-five former journalists, and twenty-nine scholars from the media and administrative fields.

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