KBS board approves dismissal of chief over alleged news meddling
Social affairsJun 5, 2014
The board of directors of national broadcaster KBS voted Thursday to dismiss its president for his alleged meddling in its news reporting in favor of the government, officials said Thursday, heralding an immediate end to a strike by KBS unionists.The public network has been reeling from an internal crisis due to allegations that its chief Gil Hwan-young had yielded to pressure from the presidential office to demand news reports favorable to the Park Geun-hye administration.Unionized employees of