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Telecommunications & Media
Hearing-impaired to watch disaster broadcasts in Korean Sign Language
The Broadcasting, Media and Communications Commission said a Cabinet meeting approved amendments to the Framework Act on Broadcasting Communications Development to require disaster broadcasts in Korean Sign Language to strengthen access for people with hearing impairments. Under the revisions, KBS must use Korean Sign Language, while other terrestrial broadcasters and certain general programming and news channel operators must make efforts to provide sign-language disaster broadcasts. The bill will be promulgated after presidential approval and take effect after six months.
Telecommunications & Media
Election broadcast review panel formation may unlock normalising broadcast media committees
With the June 3 local elections approaching, South Korea is under pressure to quickly form the Election Broadcasting Review Panel. The panel must be set up by the Broadcast Media and Communications Review Committee, which cannot operate normally because National Assembly-appointed members have not been named. The Broadcast Media and Communications Commission is also short of its legal quorum. Some see the Assembly handling appointments to both bodies as a package.
Telecommunications & Media
Hwang Jeong-a pushes bill to exempt OTT from disaster management plan requirements
South Korean lawmaker Hwang Jeong-a introduced an amendment to the Framework Act on Broadcasting Communications Development to exclude OTT and other services not essential to public safety from mandatory inclusion in the basic plan for broadcasting and communications disaster management. Current rules designate value-added telecom operators based on user numbers and traffic, drawing criticism for sweeping in services such as OTT and healthcare apps. The amendment would keep the traffic rule but allow exemptions after review by the Telecommunications Disaster Management Review Committee.