{"id":15768,"date":"2011-01-06T12:27:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minbyun.or.kr\/?p=15768"},"modified":"2013-09-13T08:42:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T08:42:26","slug":"press-statementminbyun-highly-welcomes-the-decision-declaring-the-framework-on-the-act-on-telecommunication-that-punishes-false-communication-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minbyun.or.kr\/?p=15768","title":{"rendered":"[Press Statement]MINBYUN Highly Welcomes the Decision Declaring the Framework on the Act on Telecommunication That Punishes False Communication Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" ?--><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; layout-grid-mode: char; word-break: keep-all;\" align=\"right\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">Dec 28, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; layout-grid-mode: char; word-break: keep-all;\" align=\"right\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;\" align=\"center\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 20pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Press Statement<\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"center\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">MINBYUN Highly<span><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"> W<\/span><\/span>elcomes the<span><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"> D<\/span><\/span>ecision<span><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"> D<\/span><\/span>eclaring the Framework on the Act on Telecommunication That Punishes False Communication Unconstitutional<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;\" align=\"center\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">On the 28th of December<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"> 2010<\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Constitutional Court ruled<\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"> that Article 47 Section 1 of Telecommunication Acts, which <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">reads &#8220;Those who undermine public interest by disseminating <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">false <\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">information should be sentenced 5 years of imprisonment or be fined 50 million won,&#8221; was found unconstitutional.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">The Court added that the legal provision being both a <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">legislative restriction against freedom of expression and a <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">penalty provision at the same time, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">can\u2019t<\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"> confirm (a) which expressive behavior undermines public interest (since the concept of &#8216;public interest&#8217; is quite vague) nor (b) which type of\u00a0 &#8216;false communication&#8217; is prohibited while false communication is generally accepted. Therefore, it contradicts the principle of clarity in <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">strict meaning.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">This case of legal provision originated from the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">Telecommunication Acts of 1961. However, it was first applied in the summer of 2008 during the pan-national Candlelight Vigil, which was held to <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">urge the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">renegotiation of US beef imports<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"> when the government took issue with the contents on the internet which supported the Vigil.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">The provision had been a dead letter for the past 50 years, until it was reenacted <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">through the Candlelight Vigil, the Minerva Case, and the case of the president of Seoul District Court. Due to its obscurity and overly broad context, its application had been determined by the will of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">certain legal<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"> executors<span><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">A <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">free democratic nation should <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">be an &#8216;open market of ideas&#8217;, not the unilateral &#8216;government&#8217; that decides whether certain ideas and opinions are right or wrong, worthy or worthless. Even though some ideas <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">might be harmful to our society, their corrections should be made in that open market of ideas through ideological debates by the people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\"><br \/>\nHistorically, the dissemination of false information or demagogies has arisen in<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span class=\"msoIns\"><ins cite=\"mailto:minbyun\" datetime=\"2011-01-06T16:24\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/ins><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">an era of dictatorship and oppression when telling the truth was forbidden. Still, the problem of eradicating the dissemination of false information and its malaise can possibly be resolved through open discussion that allows for <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">diverse opinions, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">a process which eventually will bring the expansion of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">freedom of expression.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\" align=\"left\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">Today we highly welcome the Constitutional Court&#8217;s decision reaffirming the importance of freedom of expression, saying that <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">the principle of clarity in a strict meaning can be applied to limit <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: '\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-prop-change: minbyun 20110106T1624;\">the freedom of expression.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Seon-Soo KIM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">President<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 1.2pt 0cm; word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub3cb\uc6c0; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; layout-grid-mode: char; word-break: keep-all;\" align=\"right\"><a 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