Jang Sung-min's Current Affairs Tank () was a Korean television program of
TV Chosun
TV Chosun (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean pay television network and broadcasting company owned by the '' Chosun Ilbo''-led consortium. The headquarters is located in 40 Sejong-daero 21-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul. It began broadcasting on ...
. It was started on 4 June 2012 and finished on 20 May 2016. On 21 March 2016, the name was changed to Current Affairs Tank ().
The cast was
Jang Sung-min, a politician of South Korea, but later changed to Kim Kwang-il.
Controversy
Jang was involved in controversies about the reporting of the
Gwangju Uprising
The Gwangju Democratization Movement, also known in South Korea as May 18 Democratization Movement (), was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup of Chun Doo-hwan. The upr ...
. It was supported by North Korea. Although he denied it, the controversy was serious.
He declared that he would run for
president
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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as a member of
People's Party. He registered to enter for the party, however, the party rejected his candidacy due to the issue mentioned above.
Because of that, he created a new party with the name of
Grand National United Party.
References
2012 South Korean television series debuts
2016 South Korean television series endings
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