“The Chosun Ilbo manipulated half of 1.16 million copies… I will accuse it.”

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 On the morning of the 26th, a banner to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chosun Ilbo is hanging at the Koreana Hotel building in Sejong-ro, Seoul.  Koreana Hotel CEO Bang Yong-hoon is the younger brother of the Chosun Ilbo CEO Bang Sang-hoon, and has a part of the Chosun Ilbo office.

A banner to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chosun Ilbo is hanging on the Koreana Hotel building in Sejong-ro, Seoul. A part of the Chosun Ilbo office is located in the Koreana Hotel building. (Photo taken on March 26, 2019)
Ⓒ Kwon Woo-seong

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In addition, members of Democratic Party Kim Seung-won (Gyeonggi Suwon-gap), Min Hyung-bae (Gwangju Gwangju), Ahn Min-seok (Gyeonggi Osan), and Open Democratic Party member Choi Kang-wook (proportional) received suspicion of illegally receiving billions of won in state subsidies and advertising expenses through the manipulation And the Korea ABC Association.

They held a press conference at the National Assembly on the 17th and said, “Yesterday (16th), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the results of the office inspection on the Korea ABC Association.”<조선일보>In the case of the case, the sincerity rate (the ratio of the actual paid copies to the paid copies reported by the newspaper) was only 55%, resulting in a shocking result that almost half of the 1.16 million issued copies in 2019 were manipulated.”

Following “<조선일보>“We received hundreds of millions of won in newspaper distribution subsidies every year, and we received close to 10 billion won in government advertising expenses for over 1 million copies of manipulated oil prices.” <조선일보>And the Korea ABC Association,” he said.

Rep. Kim Seung-won said, “I don’t think that all these issues apply only to”. “However, the fact that 1.16 million copies was the number one newspaper in the Republic of Korea, and the suspicion of manipulation was raised by a whistleblower. I will tell you,” he explained.

Rep. Min Hyung-bae said, “If the newspaper is systematically involved in the manipulation of oil prices for its own benefit, it has deceived advertisers, the government, and the people,” he said. “It is a criminal offense.” Congressman Min said, “Again <조선일보>He added that “the accused has deceived advertisers and the government to obstruct normal business, so it is also a crime of obstruction of business and public affairs.”

Congressman Min said, “The 2004 US <댈러스모닝뉴스>Acknowledged the fact that about 40,000 readers were deceived, and refunded 27.6 billion won to advertisers. “It was the result of deceiving 1.5~5% of the total number of copies. <조선일보>“How much will I have to compensate?”

They plan to file a complaint with the National Investigation Headquarters as early as the 18th. Representative Kim Seung-won’s side <오마이뉴스>In a phone call with, “In addition to the current four (Kim Seung-won, Min Hyung-bae, Ahn Min-seok, Choi Kang-wook), more and more lawmakers are willing to participate in the accusation,” he said. “I will file a complaint as soon as it is arranged.” Although they did not participate in the accusation, lawmakers Noh Woong-rae (Seoul Mapo-gap), Kim Yong-min (Gyeonggi Namyangjubyeong), and Yoon Young-chan (Gyeonggi-do Seongnam Jungwon) were also listed in the press conference.

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