[Exclusive]Should two weather forecasters named by the late Oyoanna perpetrator stand in court..a bereaved family requesting a witness

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The bereaved family of the late MBC weatherman Oyoanna, who has been in the spotlight as a bullying issue in the workplace since her sudden death, has filed a witness against two weathermen who were identified as perpetrators at the time.

As a result of checking Star News on the 15th, the bereaved family of the late Oyoanna will come to the Seoul Central District Court on the 10thIt was revealed that Anna submitted a witness application for a total of three people, including two weathermen, who were identified as the perpetrators of bullying in the workplace.

In response, a lawyer for the bereaved family also told Star News on the 15th, "We have filed a witness with the court," and added, "It is our wish that all three of them will be on the witness stand. It is likely that the adoption of witnesses will be decided through the hearing date that will be resumed soon," he said.

In this regard, at the second hearing of the late Oyoanna workplace harassment-related damages lawsuit held at the Seoul Central District Court on October 14, 2025 (Chief Judge Kim Do-kyun), the court said, "There is a motive for the deceased, a motive for joining the company, a motive for the defendant, and two common seniors, all of whom need to be examined, but please come and review whether it can be reduced to about two people."

The bereaved family's lawyer also said, "We adopted a witness, but we did not receive a reply. "I don't think they'll come," he said. "We would have applied for witnesses in case we didn't come, and the Ministry of Employment and Labor would have investigated them, and we were going to look at witnesses' statements, but if there's no reply, we have no choice but to prove them through witnesses." "In this regard, MBC is also in a position to provide data, but we are in a position that MBC's investigation is not objective," he added.

The late Oyo Anna died in September 2024 at the age of 28. The obituary was made public in December 2024, three months after the death of the deceased. Since then, suspicions have emerged that the deceased was bullied at work by colleagues during his lifetime.

As a result, MBC decided to form a fact-finding committee four months after Oyoanna's death and "to form a fact-finding committee headed by external experts," adding, "We conducted our own investigation internally and plan to support the truth as much as possible so that it can be quickly identified." We will make every effort to heal the pain of the bereaved families by revealing the exact facts," he said.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor also formed a special labor supervision team with the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office and the Seoul Western District Office in February 2025 to supervise MBC's special labor, and concluded that "weathercasters are not workers," but that "there was an act that could be seen as bullying." It was about eight months after the death of the late Oyoanna that the Ministry of Employment and Labor admitted bullying in the workplace.

MBC expressed its condolences to Oyo Anna and her bereaved family, saying in an official position, "We take the results of the Ministry of Employment and Labor's special labor supervision very seriously." "We will do our best to prepare measures to prevent recurrence, improve organizational culture, and comply with labor-related laws as the top priorities of management," he said. "We will take seriously the Ministry of Employment and Labor's judgment that there was a bullying act against the late Oyoanna and carry out efforts to improve the organizational culture without delay. We will take appropriate measures against those involved," he said. "Based on the 'improvement plan for overall organizational culture' submitted to the Ministry of Labor earlier, we are already taking improvement measures," he said. "With this announcement, we will repeatedly check and supplement any inadequacies."

MBC said, "We will further supplement and strengthen the system that can improve problems that may arise between freelancers and non-regular workers as soon as possible. We will expand and strengthen the current clean center so that harassment or difficulties can be reported and improved immediately. Regardless of the type of employment, if colleagues recognize this, we will improve it so that anonymity can be secured and reported, he said. "We will take appropriate measures as soon as possible after legal review on the judgment of the worker's nature of some freelancers," he said. "I apologize again to the bereaved families for the unfortunate incident of the late Oyoanna."

Since then, MBC has immediately decided to terminate the contract with A, and it is reported that it has renewed the contract for the other three people who have been identified as perpetrators.

Meanwhile, MBC held a press conference and agreement signing ceremony at 10 a.m. on October 15, 2025 at the Golden Mouse Hall on the first floor of MBC's new building in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, with President Ahn Hyung-joon and the late Oyoanna's bereaved family. Through a press conference, MBC presented an honorary employee card along with an official apology for the deceased and promised measures to prevent a recurrence.

Ahn Hyung-joon, president of MBC, said, "First of all, I pray for the repose of the late Oyoanna, who has reached the flower-like age. I would like to express my sincere condolences and apologies to the bereaved family, including the mother of the deceased, who has endured a long time in hard-to-fathom grief. Today's agreement is also a commitment from the Cultural Broadcasting Corporation to prevent such unfortunate events from happening again. "MBC established a system in charge of win-win cooperation in April to provide a window for all the people working at MBC, including freelancers, to deal with grievances and conflicts, and frequently conducts education to prevent bullying and unfair treatment in the workplace." "As a responsible public broadcaster, Cultural Broadcasting will continue to strive to create an organizational culture that respects and cares for each other, and a better workplace." Once again, I pray for the repose of the late Oyoanna," he added.

On this day, MBC President Ahn Hyung-joon and the late Oyoanna mother Jang Yeon-mi presented honorary employee cards along with the signing of the agreement. Jang hugged President Ahn Hyung-joon and shed tears.

However, through a subsequent press conference, an MBC official said, "Even before the agreement, we thought about improving the system, and legally tried to focus on workplace harassment only for workers, and we are working at the company level for those including freelancers. When asked about those who were identified as perpetrators, he replied, "We will help freelancers work safely," adding, "The term perpetrators is inappropriate and we will not answer because we are in litigation."

Earlier in the day, Oh, the deceased's brother, said in a phone call with Star News that the deceased's fellow weathermen appeared on the show wearing black clothes on September 15, 2025, saying, "How do you remember the deceased when you didn't even come to the funeral. I can't see him in black," he said angrily. Oh said, "There are four perpetrators, but two didn't even come, and two came. Since then, one of them is currently in full term, so I know that he will not be on the show in the first cycle. (The other one is currently in litigation since leaving the company)," he said, adding, "One of my colleagues came and cried a lot and was very sad, but he is still working and no one is talking to him even within the broadcasting station."

Although he said he would do his best to prevent a recurrence, there was no clear explanation for those who were known to have affected the death of the deceased, but rather avoided answering, saying, "We are in litigation." (Strictly speaking, the bereaved family and the person currently in litigation have been dismissed from MBC.) The press conference ended in about 10 minutes.

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