Kim Gun-hee's Side Withdraws Second Injunction Request Against MBC Over '7-Hour Call Broadcast'

On the afternoon of the 16th, the MBC program "Straight," which covers the '7-hour phone call' content of Kim Geon-hee, spouse of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, is being broadcast on the electronic billboard at the MBC building in Sangam-dong, Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Kim Geon-hee, the spouse of Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, has withdrawn her second injunction request to ban a broadcast against MBC.

The Seoul Western District Court announced on the morning of the 21st, the day the hearing was scheduled, that "Kim's side has submitted a withdrawal of the application," and "the hearing scheduled for 11 a.m. on the 21st is also expected not to take place."

Earlier, MBC decided not to air follow-up reports on the so-called '7 hours and 45 minutes phone call' recording file of Kim in the current affairs program 'Straight,' which was scheduled to be broadcast on the 23rd.

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