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35-548: ARIN-AP was officially launched at the inaugural meeting held in Seoul between 19–20 November 2013. The meeting brought together 28 law enforcement or prosecutorial agencies from 21 jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific and 6 international organizations. As of 3 March 2021, there were 28 member jurisdictions of ARIN-AP and nine observers. ARIN-AP is modeled on Camden Assets Recovery Interagency Network (CARIN). The Secretariat of ARIN-AP

70-767: A North Korean link in the March cyberattacks , which has been denied by Pyongyang. MBC is an active member of international organizations such as ABU ( Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ), IATAS (International Academy of Television Arts & Science) and INPUT ( International Public Television Screening Conference ), and is affiliated with 21 broadcasters in 13 countries. It is engaged in various global business through overseas corporations in Los Angeles and Shanghai, and bureaus in North America, Latin America, Europe and

105-525: A center of information and expertise and promotes the exchange of information and best practices. ARIN-AP works for the mutual benefit of countries in the region as well as for inter-regional cooperation with other regional Asset Recovery Interagency Networks. As of 3 March 2021, there were 28 member jurisdictions of ARIN-AP, as follows: As of 3 March 2021, there were 10 international organizations as observers of ARIN-AP: The list of Presidency of ARIN-AP and history of Annual General Meetings: Indonesia held

140-656: A charter team, in addition to the network being the first home of the league's TV broadcasts. With the live coverage of the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, MBC made a great advancement in scale and technology. Ownership of the Blue Dragon was passed to LG Corporation in 1989. After rapidly growing into a large corporation, covering major international events, MBC established specialized companies for each value chain (MBC Production, MBC Media Tech, MBC Broadcast Culture Center, MBC Arts Company, MBC Arts Center) and spined them off as subsidiaries to become

175-627: A more efficient corporation amid fiercer competition in the multimedia era. ※ MBC Production and MBC Media Tech were merged into MBC C&I in August, 2011. As the convergence of broadcasting and communications becomes full-fledged, MBC made its subsidiary iMBC (internet MBC) an independent corporation and pursued various internet-related business. Furthermore, it started cable TV (MBC Plus Media,) satellite TV, new DMB broadcasting and full daytime broadcasting on terrestrial television. In 2007, MBC established digital production centre Ilsan Dream Center, which

210-758: A national representative of prosecutors, the Office works with the Supreme Court of Korea and below. It consists of: Since the latter half of the year 2010, the ruling political party in South Korea, the Grand National Party , has an uneasy stance with the budget issues and eventually generated severe disputes relating to corruptions and it contributed to criticisms against the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. On January 13, 2012,

245-552: A nearby motel where they had sex. Jae-mong Jeon, the junior prosecutor, also a patent attorney and a graduate of Seoul National University and Hanyang Law School , claims the sex was consensual, according to investigators. The incident has rocked the Korean Prosecutors Office to the core and resulted in a strong reprimand from the president and prompt resignation of the Chief Prosecutor. There

280-413: A product of privilege. The pressures from the investigation became too much that Cho eventually stepped down from his position only six weeks later. The fate of these reforms is caught in the balance between the democratic party and the conservatives who have been backing the prosecutor's office. President Moon has continued to fight for the implementation of these reforms. In January 2020, Choo Mi-ae became

315-793: Is a public organization, the Foundation of Broadcast Culture . MBC consists of a multimedia group with one terrestrial TV channel, three radio channels, five cable channels, five satellite channels and four DMB channels. MBC is headquartered in Digital Media City (DMC), Mapo District , Seoul and has the largest broadcast production facilities in Korea including digital production centre Dream Center in Ilsan, indoor and outdoor sets in Yongin Daejanggeum Park . Launching

350-477: Is equipped with high-tech production facilities. In September 2014, it completed the construction of a new headquarters building and moved from Yeouido to Sangam-dong, opening a new era of Sangam MBC. In 2001, MBC launched satellite and cable television broadcasting. As part of this expansion, it created MBC America, a subsidiary based in Los Angeles , United States, to distribute its programming throughout

385-883: Is located in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea . ARIN-AP is made up of national contact points designated by member countries in Asia and the Pacific and those contact points are inter-connected through the Secretariat. The Secretariat is located in the South Korean Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Through promoting informal direct communication among contact points for efficient asset recovery prior to or during formal mutual legal assistance, ARIN-AP establishes itself as

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420-462: Is the first Korean Wave drama which sparked the K-drama boom across China, when it was aired on CCTV in 1997. Since then, numerous MBC dramas, entertainment shows, and documentaries have been exported to different countries. The drama Dae Jang Geum was shown in as many as 91 countries around the world. More recently, MBC is widening its content business area by exporting show formats such as I Am

455-615: The Lee Myung-bak government has right-wing political characteristics. There was a series of allegations of sabotages against the current non-partisan mayor, Park Won-soon , by the SPO before the October 2011 election. Politicians who had supported former president Roh Moo-hyun also supported Park Won-soon under a unified intention to oppose the current SPO. The SPO's investigations against Han Myeong-sook has led to more controversy as

490-497: The Seoul Central District Court appealed against the SPO for continuing an abusive investigation of a child sex abuse case; demanded the government to compensate the family members of the case in question. Yoon Suk-Yeol, who was Moon Jae-in the government's second attorney general against major criminal investigation office of the promotion and resigned. He received public attention due to conflicts with

525-735: The 2014 Presidency and hosted the AGM in Yogyakarta on 25-26 August 2014. The AGM was organized by the Indonesian Attorney General's Office. The theme of the AGM was "Cleaning up Dirty Assets." Representatives from 14 jurisdictions and 5 international organizations attended the Meeting. Australia held the 2015 Presidency and hosted the AGM in Sydney on 3-5 November 2015. The AGM was organized by Australian Federal Police Force. It

560-645: The Americas . On 1 August 2008, MBC America launched MBC-D, a television network carried on the digital subchannels of KSCI-TV , KTSF-TV , and WMBC-TV . The service was planned to be launched in Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. by the end of the year. In northeast metro Atlanta , it aired on WKTB-CD channel 47.3 (now a Telemundo affiliate), but as of 2011 is on WSKC-CD channel 22.1. In March 2013, computer shutdowns hit South Korean television stations, including MBC. The South Korean government asserted

595-713: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office. 80 representatives from 23 jurisdictions and 2 international organizations attended the Meeting. Mongolia held the 2019 Presidency and hosted the AGM in Ulaanbaatar on 23-24 September 2019, followed by the Asset Forfeiture Workshop on 25-27 September. The events were hosted by the Independent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia. More than 100 representatives from 24 jurisdictions and 6 international organizations attended

630-474: The Justice Minister and worked alongside Moon to limit the prosecutor's office and get the reforms through the legislature. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation ( MBC ; Korean :  주식회사 문화방송 ; Hanja :  株式會社 文化放送 ; RR :  Jusikhoesa Munhwa Bangsong ; lit.  "Joint-stock company Cultural Broadcasting") is one of

665-597: The Meeting. Japan held the 2017 Presidency and hosted the AGM in Tokyo on 27-28 September 2017. The Meeting was hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Justice. 76 representatives from 14 jurisdictions and 7 international organizations attended the Meeting. Indonesia held the 2018 Presidency and hosted the AGM in Bali on 5-6 November 2018, followed by the Asset Forfeiture Workshop on 7-9 November. The events were hosted by

700-636: The Meeting. After AGM, a Workshop was organized on the topic "Finding hidden assets: Concealing the beneficial ownership of criminal proceeds." The 2020 AGM, originally scheduled for December 7-11 in Queenstown in New Zealand, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Thailand held the 2023 Presidency and hosted the 8th AGM in Bangkok from 29 November to 1 December 2023. The Meeting

735-553: The Middle East as well as Asia, in close cooperation with major global media groups. MBC is devoted to entering foreign markets and expanding the business area. It maintains a close relationship with foreign buyers by participating in major content markets every year such as MIP-TV, MIPCOM, NATPE, BCWW and ATF. It operates an English website that introduces various MBC content to overseas buyers and viewers so that they can easily access its content. MBC drama What on Earth Is Love?

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770-521: The Ministry of Justice, disciplinary action against suspension of work and the court's decision to reject suspension of work. He has topped the presidential survey since his resignation. The 47.1% of South Korean disapproved the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the credibility was scored low at 4 out of 10, According to the survey conducted in 2009. Overall general consensus amongst the Korean media rates

805-471: The Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea as having very low credibility. The power of the prosecutor’s office has been called into question recently with people expressing outrage over the multiple scandals that have occurred within the office and the relationship between the office and business conglomerates. President Moon has drafted prosecution reforms to redistribute some of the power given to

840-526: The SPO cannot officially maintain its political neutrality under the Lee Myung-bak government. The former chief secretary to late President Roh Moo-hyun , Moon Jae-in suggested that the SPO's resistance against reformations during the previous Participation Government, in which it also succeeded as the spearhead of the right-wing Lee Myung-bak government, eventually contributed to the unjust investigations against Roh in 2009. On October 26, 2011,

875-606: The Seoul High Court cleared one of the bribery charges against Han Myeong-sook. In 2011, a prosecutor general candidate, Han Sang-dae (한상대) was under investigation for his two incidents of false address registration and his participation of draft-dodging. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office is alleged for hypocritical actions that it poorly managed the investigation of the illegal political-level inspections towards civilian institutions in 2010, however restricted an episode of MBC PD Note about this incident. The SPO under

910-497: The Seoul High Court has found her innocent twice in the row. However, the SPO has immediately appealed the decision, citing 11 different counts of evidence. Amongst them were direct statements by Han man-ho that he paid her 900,000,000 won in illegal fund money, Han Myeong-sook's siblings usage 100,000,000 won checks, and 240,000,000 won in Mrs. Han's bank account that had a 'suspicious trail'. The SPO alleges that Han Myeong-sook's assistant

945-891: The first radio broadcast signal (call sign: HLKV, frequency: 900 kHz, output: 10 kW) from Seoul, MBC started as the first non-governmental commercial broadcaster in Korea. On 12 April 1963, it obtained a license from the government for operating regional stations in major cities (Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon, Jeonju) in Korea, and established a broadcast network which connects six cities including Seoul and Busan. MBC launched TV broadcasting on 8 August 1969 (call sign: HLAC-TV, output: 2 kW), and started to broadcast its main news program MBC Newsdesk on 5 October 1970. It reached an affiliation deal with 7 commercial stations (in Ulsan, Jinju, Gangnueng, Chuncheon, Mokpo, Jeju, Masan) between 1968 and 1969, and started nationwide TV broadcasting through its 13 affiliated or regional stations. In 1974, FM radio

980-400: The implementation of his policies was probing his newly appointed Justice Minister, Cho Kuk in 2019. Cho was given the responsibility of overseeing these reforms. The prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into Cho’s family, specifically looking into his wife and daughter. These investigators found that Cho’s daughter was gaining from her father’s status which is not seen as fraud but only

1015-467: The leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. Munhwa is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. Established on 2 December 1961, MBC's terrestrial operations have a nationwide network of 17 regional stations. Although it operates on advertising, MBC is a Network Radio Television as its largest shareholder

1050-413: The prosecutor's office. The reforms will give back some of the control of criminal investigations to police officers. The point of this would be to distribute the power in the criminal investigations and prevent the prosecutors from acting on behalf of business conglomerates. Another aspect of the reform would be to establish a task force that would investigate high-level corruption. An issue Moon faced with

1085-511: Was an incident where a university instructor, Park Jeong-su, vandalized a G-20 promotional poster by drawing a rat before the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit . His prosecution by the SPO has exposed concerns that the SPO is politically leaned to serve the Lee Myung-bak government. Baek Hye-ryun (백혜련), the female district attorney of the Daegu District Public Prosecutor's Office, voluntarily resigned on November 21, 2011 as

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1120-487: Was attended by over 80 delegates from 28 jurisdictions and 4 international organizations. The Republic of Korea held the 2016 Presidency and hosted the AGM in Seoul on 26-27 October 2016. The AGM was organized by the Korean Supreme Prosecutors' Office. The theme of the AGM was "Consolidating Knowledge for Asset Recovery". Representatives from 20 jurisdictions and 6 international organizations attended

1155-734: Was co-hosted by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Anti-Money Laundering Office under the theme, "Synergy for Effective Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime." Supreme Prosecutors%27 Office of the Republic of Korea The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea (SPO) is a governmental prosecutor organization in South Korea and is run under the Ministry of Justice . As

1190-658: Was launched, and MBC took over the Kyunghyang Shinmun (daily newspaper company). The first colour TV broadcasting was started on 22 December 1980. MBC was separated from the Kyunghyang Shinmun according to the 1981 Basic Press Act. In 1982, it moved into the Yeouido headquarters. That same year, the network founded its baseball team, MBC Cheong-ryong (Blue Dragon), which entered the KBO League as

1225-480: Was taking the fall to cover for her illegal activities. In November 2012, it was alleged a 30-year-old trainee prosecutor, was found to have performed sexual acts in the office with the suspect in her 40s while questioning her over an alleged theft and other charges earlier that month. According to inspectors at the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office (SPO) four days later, he took the woman to

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