Korea Communications Commission (방송통신위원회) is a South Korean media regulation agency modeled after the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 of the United States of America. It was established on February 29, 2008. Choi See-Joong

Choi See-Joong

Choi See-Joong is a South Korean politician who is the current chief of the Korea Communications Commission. He is notable for supporting controversial decisions in the South Korean telecommunication scene.-Criticism:...

 is the current chief of the KCC.

Affiliated Agencies

• Central Radio Management Office (중앙전파관리소)
• National Radio Research Agency (전파연구소)

Comprehensive Programming

The KCC approved four newspapers companies, Chojoongdong

Chojoongdong

Cho-Joong-Dong is a generally negative nickname for the three major newspapers in South Korea, the Chosun Ilbo, Joongang Ilbo and Dong-a Ilbo, which are criticized for a purportedly uniform and conservative editorial stance, and for operating in an allegedly collusive and surreptitious manner...

 (Chosun Ilbo, Joongang Ilbo, and Donga Ilbo) media cartel and Maeil Economics, to engage in the comprehensive programming for television channels on December 31st, 2010. This has given more financial and political power to the right-wing conservative media groups in South Korea. Even before KCC's approval, this had generated concerns about the potential politically biased journalistic movement akin to the United State of America's Fox News. The KCC-approved comprehensive programming could potentially destroy the fair media practices starting in 2012 when the new television channels affect the domestic journalist scene.

Controversies

• Unlike the Federal Communications Commission, the Korea Communications Commission is not an independent agency, but a subordinate organization of the Blue House and the President of South Korea
  President of South Korea
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  , which could exercise unfair regulatory practices.
• On December 21, 2010, the KCC controversially announced that it is planning to create a guideline about monitoring the internet content in case of a tense political situation; automatically deleting any online anti-governmental message that could lead to internet censorship
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   negatively commented about the KCC's decision to allow tariff discounts for the South Korean telecommunication companies.
• KCC was not able to properly fine Apple Inc. for its illegal collection of GPS location data of Korean iPhone users.