News Anchor Ohm Ki-young Vying for MBC Presidency
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
MBC news anchor Ohm Ki-young, 57, is seeking the presidential position at the TV company.
Ohm currently hosts MBC News Desk at 9:00 p.m. on weekdays. He announced Wednesday that he will step down from the nightly news broadcasting position he has held for more than 10 years.
The anchor was born in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province and graduated from Seoul National University majoring in sociology.
Having entered MBC in 1974 as a reporter, he worked for city, culture and politics desk and as a special correspondent in Paris. He hosted the main news from October 1989 to November 1996 and from January 2002 until now. Since 2002, he also assumed the title of Executive Managing Director of the News and Sports Department at MBC.
``MBC gave me many things for 34 years. I did not go into politics because I was grateful to the company. I am now seeking a way to repay MBC,'' said Ohm in a press release.
Ohm will leave his position on Feb. 1 and his post will be replaced through an in-company audition.
The current president of MBC, Choi Moon-soon, has already announced that he will not seek second term.
The Foundation for Broadcast Culture, the principal stakeholder of MBC, will accept candidate submissions until Jan. 29 and appoint the new president on Feb. 15.