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South Korea media-telecom regulator to review reforms after repeated linked information leaks

South Korea\'s Broadcast Media and Telecommunications Commission said it will review legal and institutional reforms to allow users to request changes to or suspension of linked information (CI) used to identify people online. The move follows repeated CI leak incidents and criticism that users have little ability to demand changes under current rules. Lawmaker Kim Sun-min pressed the commission at a parliamentary audit, citing leaks at Lotte Card and Tving and calling for user renewal rights and choice.

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Broadcast media and telecom panel appoints 45 special committee members in five areas

The Broadcast Media and Telecommunications Deliberation Commission held a plenary meeting on Sept. 21 and appointed 45 members to special committees in five areas, it said. The statutory committees cover broadcast advice, advertising advice, broadcast language, telecommunications advice and rights protection, with nine members each. The commission named chairs for each committee and said members were drawn from academia, the legal profession, media and medicine. Members serve from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2027, for one year.

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Broadcast media telecoms commission fails to launch hearing on YTN top shareholder as opposition members boycott

South Korea’s Broadcast Media and Telecommunications Commission was unable to vote to begin a hearing on whether to cancel approval of Eugene ENT’s change in its status as YTN’s largest shareholder after failing to meet a quorum. Opposition-nominated members Choi Soo-young and Lee Sang-geun refused to take part and left, saying courts should rule first. Remaining members said a hearing is needed to hear the company’s views and pledged to revisit the issue.