Opposition parties float impeachment motion against new KCC head

Lee Jin-sook, new chief of the Korea Communications Commission, center, walks next to President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) after she received the certificate of appointment at the presidential office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on Thursday (August 1).

SEOUL: Opposition parties on Thursday (August 1) proposed a parliamentary impeachment motion against the new head of the state broadcasting regulator Lee Jin-sook who took office Wednesday (July 31), accusing her of making key decisions "unfairly" with only two of the five commissioners currently in office.

The main opposition Democratic Party and five other minor parties floated an impeachment motion against the new regulator chief during a National Assembly plenary session held Thursday afternoon.