High Court Maintains Suspension of Appointment of New Board Members at MBC, KCC Says "Immediate Re-Appeal"

Suspension of Appointment Effect for MBC Board Member Rejected in 2nd Trial
Board Appointment Decided by Two-Person System at the Time

The Korea Communications Commission announced on the 1st that it will file an immediate appeal against the Seoul High Court's dismissal of the 'Broadcasting Culture Promotion Foundation (Bangmunjin) director appointment disposition effectiveness suspension immediate appeal case.' Bangmunjin is the major shareholder of MBC.

Lee Jin-sook, Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission, is responding to questions from lawmakers during the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee's audit of the Korea Communications Commission on the 7th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

The Administrative Division 8-2 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Jeong Chong-ryeong, Jo Jin-gu, Shin Yong-ho) dismissed the KCC's appeal against the suspension of execution decision on the appointment of Bangmunjin's next director on the same day.

The first-instance court, Seoul Administrative Court, accepted the suspension of execution application filed in August by Kwon Tae-seon, chairman of Bangmunjin, and others to block the KCC's new director appointment disposition.

At that time, the agenda for appointing new directors of Bangmunjin was resolved by a two-person system consisting of KCC Chairperson Lee Jin-sook and Vice Chairperson Kim Tae-gyu. Currently, Chairperson Lee is undergoing impeachment proceedings and has suspended duties, so Vice Chairperson Kim is acting as the interim chairperson.

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