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Seoul, Aug 12 (Ians) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday granted his first special pardons to Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin and 1,691 others on the occasion of next week’s Liberation Day anniversary.
The government announced the pardons to be effective from Liberation Day on August 15, reports Yonhap News Agency.
Former President Lee Myung-bak had initially been widely expected to benefit from the pardons but was not included in the list.
Also excluded was former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo, one of the closest associates of former President Moon Jae-in.
The most prominent beneficiary is Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee, the report said.
“I will work hard for the national economy,” Lee told reporters in front of the Seoul Central District Court upon the pardon announcement.
Lee is currently standing trial in a separate accounting fraud case involving the 2015 merger of Samsung affiliates.
He was...
The government announced the pardons to be effective from Liberation Day on August 15, reports Yonhap News Agency.
Former President Lee Myung-bak had initially been widely expected to benefit from the pardons but was not included in the list.
Also excluded was former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo, one of the closest associates of former President Moon Jae-in.
The most prominent beneficiary is Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee, the report said.
“I will work hard for the national economy,” Lee told reporters in front of the Seoul Central District Court upon the pardon announcement.
Lee is currently standing trial in a separate accounting fraud case involving the 2015 merger of Samsung affiliates.
He was...
- 8/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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The company distributed documentaries critical of the government such as ’The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol’.
A South Korean court has ordered the government and Korean Film Council (Kofic) to compensate film company Cinema Dal for damages sustained from ex-president Park Geun-hye’s blacklisting.
Seoul Central District Court today (May 27) ruled in favor of Cinema Dal’s suit against the national government and Kofic saying the production and distribution company had sustained damages after being placed on a blacklist created by the Park Geun-hye administration.
The court ordered them to compensate the company “in excess of KW80m”, according to Yonhap news agency.
A South Korean court has ordered the government and Korean Film Council (Kofic) to compensate film company Cinema Dal for damages sustained from ex-president Park Geun-hye’s blacklisting.
Seoul Central District Court today (May 27) ruled in favor of Cinema Dal’s suit against the national government and Kofic saying the production and distribution company had sustained damages after being placed on a blacklist created by the Park Geun-hye administration.
The court ordered them to compensate the company “in excess of KW80m”, according to Yonhap news agency.
- 5/27/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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Who’s ready to kneel at the statue of Bong Joon Ho? The New York Times reports that conservative political candidates in the South Korean city of Daegu have proposed to build a museum and statue to Bong following his history-making Oscar wins for “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy Awards. People are also lobbying for Daegu to rename streets in honor of the South Korean filmmaker, whose additional credits include “Memories of Murder,” “The Host,” and “Mother.” Bong was born in Daegu in 1969 and lived there before his family moved to Seoul while he was in elementary school.
The proposal to erect a Bong Joon Ho statue is somewhat of a change of pace for conservatives and their relationship with the filmmaker. According to the Times, South Korea’s right-wing leaders have been highly critical of Bong’s films throughout his career. Conservative presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye even...
The proposal to erect a Bong Joon Ho statue is somewhat of a change of pace for conservatives and their relationship with the filmmaker. According to the Times, South Korea’s right-wing leaders have been highly critical of Bong’s films throughout his career. Conservative presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye even...
- 2/13/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years on Friday for abuse of power and coercion. Park was notorious for operating a blacklist of film industry talent who were denied funding because they had different politics from her conservative views.
A judge at the Central District Court in Seoul gave his verdict and read out a lengthy explanation of the guilty decision. Sentencing was announced later. The judge sentenced Park to prison for 24 years and imposed a fine of $17 million (KRW18 billion). He said that reflected the $22 million (KRW23 billion) that Park and her associate Choi Joon-sil had sought to extort.
Choi, a close friend and secretive advisor of Park, was recently found guilty of using their relationship to extract large sums of money from corporations in return for influencing government policy decisions. The companies, including tech giant Samsung, denied corruption, but now find some of their executives behind bars.
A judge at the Central District Court in Seoul gave his verdict and read out a lengthy explanation of the guilty decision. Sentencing was announced later. The judge sentenced Park to prison for 24 years and imposed a fine of $17 million (KRW18 billion). He said that reflected the $22 million (KRW23 billion) that Park and her associate Choi Joon-sil had sought to extort.
Choi, a close friend and secretive advisor of Park, was recently found guilty of using their relationship to extract large sums of money from corporations in return for influencing government policy decisions. The companies, including tech giant Samsung, denied corruption, but now find some of their executives behind bars.
- 4/6/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Korean Film Council (Kofic) has admitted to being involved in some 56 cases where artists, whose names appeared on a government blacklist, were denied public funding.
The revelation came on Wednesday as the new chairman of Kofic Oh Seok-geun read out a letter of apology to the film industry. The cases were unearthed by a Ministry of Culture and Sport fact-finding commission.
Both the previous minister of culture and a senior advisor to Korea’s previous president Park Geun-hye have been jailed for assembling the blacklist. The existence of the secret list, which ran to over 10,000 targeted individuals who did not share Park’s politics, was a significant contributor to Park’s impeachment.
Oh detailed how Kofic had colluded with the government, and revealed for the first time that the policy extended not only to Park’s regime. It also collaborated with the regime of previous president Lee Myung-bak.
“Under the past two governments,...
The revelation came on Wednesday as the new chairman of Kofic Oh Seok-geun read out a letter of apology to the film industry. The cases were unearthed by a Ministry of Culture and Sport fact-finding commission.
Both the previous minister of culture and a senior advisor to Korea’s previous president Park Geun-hye have been jailed for assembling the blacklist. The existence of the secret list, which ran to over 10,000 targeted individuals who did not share Park’s politics, was a significant contributor to Park’s impeachment.
Oh detailed how Kofic had colluded with the government, and revealed for the first time that the policy extended not only to Park’s regime. It also collaborated with the regime of previous president Lee Myung-bak.
“Under the past two governments,...
- 4/5/2018
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
The Korean Film Council (Kofic) has made a public apology for its involvement in blacklisting filmmakers and wider industry from state support and has vowed to reform.
Speaking yesterday at a press conference in Seoul, Kofic Chairman Oh Seok-geun said: “Under the two past governments, Kofic made the big mistake of creating a blacklist of cultural-art figures on instructions from relevant authorities and carrying out measures to discriminate and exclude them…We’ll severely reflect on and reform ourselves.”
Since taking on the role in January, the filmmaker-turned-administrator has carried out a major internal probe into allegations that the film promotion body played a key part in creating the blacklist under the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye governments.
“In 2009, the council unjustly intervened in the processes of screening for various government support programs and adopted an expedient of choosing beneficiaries effectively based on guidelines from authorities like the presidential office and the National Intelligence Service,...
Speaking yesterday at a press conference in Seoul, Kofic Chairman Oh Seok-geun said: “Under the two past governments, Kofic made the big mistake of creating a blacklist of cultural-art figures on instructions from relevant authorities and carrying out measures to discriminate and exclude them…We’ll severely reflect on and reform ourselves.”
Since taking on the role in January, the filmmaker-turned-administrator has carried out a major internal probe into allegations that the film promotion body played a key part in creating the blacklist under the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye governments.
“In 2009, the council unjustly intervened in the processes of screening for various government support programs and adopted an expedient of choosing beneficiaries effectively based on guidelines from authorities like the presidential office and the National Intelligence Service,...
- 4/5/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“We will sharply reflect upon and sternly reform ourselves.”
The Korean Film Council (Kofic) has made a public apology to film professionals and the citizens of South Korea for carrying out blacklisting orders during the past two governments,announcing an organisational overhaul and new initiatives.
“We will sharply reflect upon and sternly reform ourselves,” said chairman of the government-funded film promotion organisation Oh Seok-geun at a press conference today in Seoul.
Appointed in January, the filmmaker-turned-administrator made public 56 counts of Kofic’s blacklisting involvement during the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations. The revelations came after an internal probe by special prosecutors,...
The Korean Film Council (Kofic) has made a public apology to film professionals and the citizens of South Korea for carrying out blacklisting orders during the past two governments,announcing an organisational overhaul and new initiatives.
“We will sharply reflect upon and sternly reform ourselves,” said chairman of the government-funded film promotion organisation Oh Seok-geun at a press conference today in Seoul.
Appointed in January, the filmmaker-turned-administrator made public 56 counts of Kofic’s blacklisting involvement during the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations. The revelations came after an internal probe by special prosecutors,...
- 4/4/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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