National Assembly Culture Committee Selects Park Jinyoung as Audit Witness... Naver, Netflix, and CGV CEOs Also Included

Park Jinyoung Expresses Willingness to Personally Attend Committee Hearing
Witness Request Regarding "Assassins" Not Adopted
Park Chung Hee Foundation Official Selected as Reference Witness

The National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee on the 29th selected Park Jinyoung, co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange and CEO-producer of JYP Entertainment, as a witness for the upcoming parliamentary audit.

The committee convened a plenary meeting on this day and passed the resolution to summon Park, along with other witnesses and references.

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Jaeman Bae = On the 29th, at the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee plenary meeting held at the National Assembly, Chairman Jaejung Lee is resolving the matter of summoning witnesses for the audit. 2026.9.29 scoop@yna.co.kr(End)

Previously, the People Power Party had requested Park appear at the audit, pointing out that JYP Entertainment had allegedly monopolized overseas trademark applications for a government-funded mega performance project. They called for verification of the business plan and budget execution process.

Lee Jaejung, Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee chair from the Democratic Party, stated, "Chairman Park has expressed his intent to attend in person today. Although bipartisan agreement has not yet been reached, he has strongly conveyed his desire to appear not as a reference but as an institutional witness, in order to explain the work of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee directly to the public."

However, the selection of witnesses regarding the controversy over alleged historical distortion in the movie "The Assassins," mainly raised by the opposition, was not approved due to differences between parties. Further discussions will continue between the parties regarding whether to summon director Hur Jinho as a witness or reference. Meanwhile, Choi Daeseok, director of the Park Chung Hee Memorial Foundation and chair of the Park Chung Hee Academy, was selected as a reference.

Additionally, in relation to a major personal data breach, witnesses selected include Choi Juhui, CEO of TVing; Kim Gwanghyeon, CDO of Naver; Reginald Shaun Thompson, CEO of Netflix; and Jeong Jongmin, CEO of CGV. Regarding the issue of preferential approval for international sports events, Kim Seonghan, CEO of Coupang Play, was also selected as a witness.

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