“Out of 33 total applicants, only KT graduates were passed and it became a ‘league of their own’” “If you insist on ‘turning the president around’… Yoon Kyung-lim is not qualified to run.”
On the 2nd, members of the People’s Power of the National Assembly’s Science and Technology Information Broadcasting and Communications Committee urged KT to immediately stop the appointment of the next CEO.
Park Seong-joong, Kwon Seong-dong, Kim Young-sik, Yoon Doo-hyun, Ha Young-je, Huh Eun-ah, and Hong Seok-joon, members of the National Assembly’s National Assembly, held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Building on the same day and said, “The appointment of the KT Iik Cartel is no different from the KCTU’s attempt to take over MBC.” claimed.
On the 28th of last month, the KT board of directors released a list of four candidates for the CEO candidate screening, all of which were internal figures such as the KT president and vice president. They include Park Yoon-young, former head of KT’s corporate division (president), Lim Heon-moon, former KT mass general manager (president), Yoon Kyung-lim, KT Group’s transformation division head (president), and Shin Su-jeong, KT’s enterprise division head (vice president). Politicians from the ruling party, Kim Jong-hoon, former head of trade negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Yoon Jin-shik, former minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy, all dropped out.
They said, “Out of 33 applicants, only 4 current and former executives from KT passed, and the appointment of the next president has become a ‘league of their own’.” However, various corruption allegations were revealed, and instead of being reappointed, he became the target of investigation.” “There are also rumors that CEO Koo set up his own ‘avatar’, KT Group’s transformation division head (president) Yoon Kyung-rim,” he insisted.
Regarding one of the candidates, President Kyung-Lim Yoon, they said, “As an incumbent member of the board of directors who is currently in charge of appointing the representative, he is not eligible to run as if the referee is running as a player.” We are creating our own profit cartel,” he emphasized.
He also said, “If KT insists on ‘stopping the president’ to pursue its own profit, the people will not stand by.”
Reporter Lee Min-young
