By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Former news anchor Ohm Ki-young was elected president of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) by its board of directors, Friday.
The 57-year-old Ohm replaces MBC president Choi Moon-soon, who did not seek a second term in office. He will have a three-year term in office until 2011.
Ohm graduated from Seoul National University, with a degree in Sociology. In 1974, he entered MBC as a journalist, where he was assigned to the city, culture and politics desk. He was also a special correspondent in Paris, where the images of him wearing a raincoat against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower was quite popular.
Ohm hosted the nightly news show MBC News Desk at 9 p.m. on weekdays, for more than 10 years. He became the main news anchor in 1989 to November 1996, and from January 2002 up to February 1 this year. He has won awards for his work as an anchor, and was executive managing director of the MBC News & Sports Department since 2002.
In a press release issued last month, Ohm said: ``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.''