South Korean Arts Groups Protest 'Celebrity' Appointments to Cultural Institutions

Arts groups protest ‘celebrity’ appointments to cultural posts

A series of recent appointments to public cultural institutions has fueled growing dissatisfaction among cultural experts, prompting protests and calls for answers from the presidential office on Tuesday. A group of cultural and arts professionals gathered in front of Cheong Wa Dae to criticize the appointments as examples of patronage-driven and opaque decision-making. "Though the recent appointments of Seo Seung-man as head of the National Jeongdong Theater and Hwang Gyo-ik (as president of th

By The Korea Herald