President Yoon Approves Appointment of Park Min as KBS President

President Yoon Suk-yeol approved the appointment of Park Min as the president of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) on the 12th.

The Presidential Office announced in a press release that President Yoon approved the appointment of Park Min, former editorial writer of Munhwa Ilbo, as the president of KBS.

This comes 30 days after the KBS board of directors recommended Park as president on the 13th of last month.

Earlier, the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Communications Committee held a confirmation hearing for Park Min, the KBS president nominee, on the 7th. However, the hearing ended without adopting a confirmation report due to repeated disruptions.

President Yoon requested the National Assembly to resend the confirmation report, but it was not submitted. Consequently, President Yoon approved the appointment of the president.

President Park graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Political Science and joined Munhwa Ilbo as a reporter in 1991, serving as head of the social affairs department, political affairs department, and editorial bureau chief.

Former KBS president Kim Ui-cheol was dismissed in September last year due to mismanagement, and President Park's term will last until December 9 of next year, completing the remainder of Kim's term.

Park Min, a candidate for KBS president, is responding to questions from lawmakers at the confirmation hearing held on the 7th by the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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