Yang Seung-dong served as the 23rd and 24th President of the Korean Broadcasting System.
11 Facts About Yang Seung-dong
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Yang Seung-dong earned a bachelor's degree in political science and international relations, as well as a master's degree in international politics from Korea University.
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Yang Seung-dong was hired to KBS as a producer of the Issue and Culture Department in 1989, and directed TV programmes such as KBS Special, Good Insight, History Special, In Depth 60 Minutes and so on.
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In 2008, Yang Seung-dong was one of the co-Presidents of the KBS Employees Action to Defend Public Broadcasting, an organisation fighting against the media control of the President of the Republic, Lee Myung-bak.
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Yang Seung-dong was assigned to the Non-production Department for 2 years.
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On 5 February 2018, almost a year after Moon Jae-in and the Democratic Party of Korea came to power, Yang Seung-dong announced his bid for KBS presidency after considering for a month.
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Yang Seung-dong added that KBS, as a public broadcasting, should be independent from bureaucrats and capitals, citing examples of JTBC and MBC.
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On 31 October 2018, Yang Seung-dong was re-elected for his office, after passing an interview of KBS board of directors and citizens' advisories.
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On 30 March 2018, during the parliamentary hearing session, a Liberty Korea MP Park Dae-chool said that he received a report, which Yang Seung-dong was at a karaoke in Haeundae on 16 April 2014, the day of the MV Sewol tragedy.
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Yang Seung-dong was widely criticised for ending several long-lived programmes, such as KBS TV Novel, KBS News Line, Viewers Column The World We Live In, VJ's on the scene, Smart Consumer Report, and so on.
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Yang Seung-dong has been criticised for Tonight Kim Je-dong, a new programme organised under his presidency.