Preventing Harm to Artists... First Step of the Rights Protection Committee

Twelve Inaugural Members Appointed... Committee Chair is Kim Gibok

On the 26th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism appointed twelve inaugural members to the Committee for the Protection of Artists' Rights and Relief for Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Victims. Among them were Kim Gibok, advisory chairman of the Korea Broadcasting Performers' Rights Association, who was elected as the first committee chairman; Kang Sugyeong, CEO of Seoul Artistic; Kim Mina, lawyer at the law firm Siheon; Kim Sibum, professor at Andong National University; theater actor Kim Yunhu; and Park Sangju, director of Graybridge. Also named were Park Seonghye, academic research professor at the Korea National University of Arts' Korean Arts Research Institute; Park Juhee, chief lawyer at Law Office J; Seo Jindoo, CEO of Hongik Labor Law Firm; Yang Hyunkyung, CEO of the Gender Equality Workshop; Jeong Soyeon, chief lawyer at Law Office Boda; and Hwang Jiyoung, advisory member of the Korea Women's Human Rights Institute. Their term is two years until January 2025, with the possibility of one renewal. The Rights Protection Committee is an organization that deliberates and resolves matters related to policies on the status and rights protection of artists and reports on cases of rights violations, pursuant to Article 20 of the Act on the Status and Rights Protection of Artists. At the first meeting, Jeon Byeonggeuk, the first vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, stated, "We will support the committee to function as a 'working committee' by thoroughly investigating and reporting on reported cases."

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