The Science. ICT. Broadcasting. and Communications Committee (Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee) decided to hold a Coupang hearing on the 17th. Although it conducted an emergency inquiry into the large-scale customer personal information leak on the 2nd, it judged that further fact-finding procedures at the National Assembly level are needed.
According to the political sphere on the 5th, the ruling and opposition party secretaries of the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee agreed that day to hold a Coupang hearing on the 17th. At the plenary session on the 9th, they plan to adopt both the plan for the Coupang hearing and the confirmation hearing plan for Kim Jong-chul, nominee for Chairperson of the Korea Media and Communications Commission. Under the Act on Testimony and Appraisal, requests for witness attendance must be made at least seven days before the hearing.
At the policy inquiry of the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee held on the 2nd, Chairperson Choi Min-hee signaled that a hearing would be convened. When Chairperson Choi saw that Park Dae-jun, Coupang CEO, and others consistently failed to submit materials and gave inadequate answers, Choi said, "If CEO Park keeps making excuses about the police and refuses to answer like this, we will set a hearing date by agreement between the ruling and opposition party secretaries before this meeting ends."
Even after the inquiry, Coupang ignored multiple lawmakers' requests for materials, leading the ruling and opposition parties to agree to hold a hearing.