The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism commissioned nine members of the 8th Regional Newspaper Development Committee

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) announced on the 14th that it has appointed nine members of the 8th Regional Newspaper Development Committee. It is due to the expiration of the term of office of the existing members, and the commissioned members are non-executive and have a term of office of three years.

The Regional Newspaper Development Committee is an organization established to support the development of regional newspapers under the Special Act on the Development of Local Newspapers and presents opinions on the establishment of a regional newspaper development support plan, deliberation on the creation and operation of the regional newspaper development fund, and deliberation on the selection of priority support targets for the regional newspaper development fund.

The members of the 8th committee are ▶ Kim Jin (former editor-in-chief of Goyang Newspaper) ▶ Kim Chang-woo (former head of Future Strategy Planning Department of Gangwon Ilbo) ▶ Ahn Sang-ho (former director of Maeil Newspaper) ▶ Oh Se-wook (vice professor of media communication at Sunmoon University) ▶ Woo Hee-chang (chairman of the civic media yard social cooperative) ▶ Lim Han-soon (special professor at Kyungil University) ▶ Jeong Hu-sik (former editor-in-chief of Gwangju Ilbo) ▶ Cho Sang-jin (former editor-in-chief of Jeonbuk Ilbo) ▶.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the National Assembly, and media-related organizations (Korea Newspaper Association, Korea Journalists Association, and Korea Press Association) recommended three people each, focusing on experts and field experience related to media and local newspapers.

The 8th committee held its first meeting on the 14th to elect Cho Sang-jin as chairman and Choi Chang-ryul as vice chairman and discuss ways to operate the committee in the future.

"The difficulties faced by local newspapers in the rapid media environment, such as the acceleration of digital transformation, are great, but the role of the committee is more important at this time," said Youngsoo Kim, the first vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. "I hope the committee will actively support local newspapers to play their role as a solid foundation for local democracy by representing various voices in the community and driving positive changes."

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