'Gaehullyung' Resumes Broadcasting After One Month... Kang Hyung-wook Not Present

Excluding Kang Hyung-wook from Workplace Bullying and Power Abuse Allegations Controversy

The KBS variety show "Dogs Are Incredible," which featured Kang Hyung-wook, CEO of Bodeum Company who is under suspicion of workplace harassment, will resume broadcasting after a four-week hiatus.

Dog trainer Kang Hyung-wook, CEO of Bodeum Company (right), and his wife Susan Elder, director of Bodeum Company, are conducting a clarification broadcast. [Image source=YouTube capture]

On the 11th, a KBS official stated, "'Dogs Are Incredible' will resume airing on the 17th at 8:55 PM," adding, "Kang Hyung-wook, who is at the center of the controversy, will be excluded from the filming and editing process." The program featured CEO Kang providing training solutions for pet dogs. The show had been suspended for four consecutive weeks starting from the 20th of last month, shortly after allegations surrounding Kang surfaced.

Previously, allegations of abuse of power emerged against Kang and his spouse, including unauthorized access to employees' messenger conversations, surveillance via closed-circuit television (CCTV), and verbal abuse. Two former employees of Bodeum Company reportedly filed a complaint against Kang and his spouse at the Namyangju Southern Police Station in Gyeonggi Province by mail on the same day, accusing them of violating the Information and Communications Network Act. The complaint stated that Kang and his spouse had accessed six months’ worth of company messenger conversations without permission and disclosed some of the content in the company’s group chat.

As the controversy grew, Kang and his spouse denied most of the allegations through a YouTube channel on the 24th of last month. In the video, Susan Elder, director of Bodeum Company and Kang’s wife, admitted to viewing employees’ messenger conversations but explained, "There was a mention of our son’s name. It was mockery directed at our newborn son, who is about six to seven months old." She added, "Although I felt a pang of conscience and regret, I couldn’t stop myself." However, even after Kang Hyung-wook’s statement, a whistleblower claiming to be a former employee of Bodeum Company has come forward to refute the explanation, continuing the dispute over the truth.

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