President Lee Jae-myung on the 3rd submitted a waiver of appeal to the first trial court handling the case to cancel the appointment of seven Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) board members. Presidential office Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a written briefing the same day that "President Lee Jae-myung decided to forgo an appeal, respecting the intent of the first trial court's ruling."
Earlier, on the 22nd, the Seoul Administrative Court said in a suit filed by current and former KBS board members to confirm the invalidity of board appointments against the Korea Media and Communications Commission (hereafter KMCC) and former President Yoon Suk-yeol that "the disposition appointing Kwon Soon-beom, Ryu Hyun-soon, Seo Ki-seok, Lee Gun, Lee In-cheol, Heo Yeop, and Hwang Sung-wook as KBS board members on July 31, 2024, by former President Yoon is canceled."
The court ruled that the two-person system of the Korea Communications Commission (the predecessor to KMCC), composed at the time of former Chairperson Lee Jin-suk and former Vice Chairperson Kim Tae-gyu, was unlawful, and that the recommendation for appointing board members adopted under such a system was also unlawful, requiring cancellation of the appointment disposition.