Overview
- Special Counsel Kwon Chang-young's team has referred Lee Eun-woo, the former head of KTV, to trial on a charge that he promoted an insurrection by directing pro-martial-law broadcasts and deleting reports that criticized the emergency measures.
- Prosecutors allege Lee pushed repeated coverage asserting the legitimacy of the December 2024 martial law declaration and selectively suppressed opposing content on the state-linked Korea Policy Broadcasting Service.
- Lee was indicted without detention even though a court earlier rejected the special counsel's May request for an arrest warrant, saying the insurrection propaganda charge left room for legal dispute.
- Kwon's team used a timeline that treats the alleged insurrection as continuing until the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion, and the indictment also names Heo Suk-gon for allegedly relaying orders to cut utilities to critical outlets.
- The case sits alongside other prosecutions and rulings tied to the December 2024 crisis, and it raises questions about how state power and public broadcasters were used during the emergency and what standards courts will apply to media executives and officials.