Yoon Approves Dismissal Proposal for Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission

Yoon Approves Dismissal Proposal Before U.S. Visit

President Yoon Suk-yeol approved the dismissal proposals for Jeong Yeon-ju, Chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission, and Lee Kwang-bok, Vice Chairman, just before departing for the United States on the 17th to attend the Korea-US-Japan summit.

According to the Presidential Office, President Yoon received a report on the dismissal proposals for Chairman Jeong and Vice Chairman Lee in the afternoon and approved them.

Chairman Jeong, who was appointed during the previous Moon Jae-in administration and whose term was set to expire in July next year, was thus confirmed to be dismissed.

The Korea Communications Commission announced on the 10th that, according to its annual internal audit plan, it conducted an accounting audit on the Korea Communications Standards Commission’s use of government subsidies and found issues such as excessive use of business promotion expenses and problems related to working hours.

President Yoon approved the dismissal proposals before departing for the Korea-US-Japan summit on the same day. Earlier, on the 13th of last month, during his visit to Lithuania, President Yoon had electronically approved the dismissal proposal of former KBS director Yoon Seok-nyeon, who was indicted over allegations related to the TV Chosun license renewal review.

On the 14th, he approved the dismissal of Nam Young-jin, KBS Chairman, whom the Korea Communications Commission had recommended for dismissal over allegations of negligent management and misuse of corporate credit cards.

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