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Telecommunications & Media
Dlive TV shifts to June 3 local election coverage to air vote count broadcast
Dlive TV, which operates Dlive’s local channels, has shifted to a full election coverage system from April 6 ahead of South Korea’s June 3 nationwide local elections. It renamed its news programme and introduced segments covering an election situation room, preliminary candidates’ appearances, registration status updates and simultaneous links with candidates from two parties. It also plans live vote counting on election day on ch999 and YouTube, citing terrestrial broadcasters’ exit polls.
Telecommunications & Media
Broadcast media, telecom deliberation committee elects Ko Gwang-heon as chair nominee
South Korea’s Broadcast Media and Telecommunications Deliberation Committee held its first regular meeting on March 12 and chose Ko Gwang-heon as chair nominee and Kim Min-jung as vice chair. The panel will move to form an Election Broadcasting Deliberation Committee for the June 3 local elections after a delay of more than a month. It also aims to restart broadcast and telecommunications deliberations halted for nine months, with about 207,000 cases pending.
Finance
Ruling party, Democrats push Nonghyup audit committee, election overhaul to curb vote buying
South Korea\'s ruling party and the government plan to create a new audit committee within Nonghyup to eradicate wrongdoing and consider sharply tougher punishment for vote buying. The Democratic Party and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced a reform plan in parliament on March 11. Measures include separating audit functions into a special corporation, requiring outside compliance officers, expanding ministry oversight to holding companies and subsidiaries, and overhauling the election system for the Nonghyup chairman.
