Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
SKT slapped with suspension during September
By Bahk Eun-ji
The Korea Communications Commission says it has decided to impose a seven-day suspension on SK Telecom in September for providing illegal subsidies to lure new subscribers.
The nation’s telecom watchdog made the decision and imposed a 23.5 billion won fine on SKT in March because the carrier paid an average 228,000 won in excess of the legal ceiling for subsidies in January.
SKT was supposed to receive the suspension last month, but it was delayed due to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak.
The Mobile Distribution Act, which took effect last October, sets the legal limit at 300,000 won for subsidies.
Some SKT retail stores even concealed or deleted the related data after the telecom watchdog started its inspection, the KCC said.
The KCC official said the suspension will start before the Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving, holiday period. The exact date will be decided after consultation.