[News] Segye Ilbo EVP Park Jeong-hoon tentatively appointed CEO(2026-06-17)

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[Breaking News] Park Jeong-hoon, Executive Vice President for Overall Management, tentatively appointed as Representative Director of Segye Ilbo—The behind-the-scenes influence of Jeong Won-ju and Jeong Heui-taek (2026-06-17)

According to testimony from a senior executive at Segye Ilbo, it has been confirmed that at a closed-door board meeting held on June 16, 2026, Executive Vice President for Overall Management Park Jeong-hoon was tentatively appointed as the Representative Director (CEO) of Segye Ilbo. The official announcement is expected to be made at the shareholders’ meeting scheduled for June 22.

Executive Vice President Park Jeong-hoon was appointed to a key position on January 25, 2018, when Jeong Heui-taek (Jeong Won-ju’s younger brother) assumed the role of Representative Director of Segye Ilbo.

Although President Jeong Heui-taek was dismissed on July 31, 2025, Park Jeong-hoon was appointed Executive Vice President for Overall Management on September 5, 2025, after Vice Chairman Lee Gi-shik assumed the position of Representative Director; this suggests that Jeong Heui-taek’s influence continues to this day.

◆ Registered officers of the Segye Ilbo

The Segye Ilbo’s registered board of directors consists of a Board of Directors—comprising the Representative Director (Representative Director/ President), inside directors, and non-executive directors—and a separate body of Auditors.

Since the Representative Director also serves as an inside director, and there are only two other non-executive directors, the Representative Director’s influence can be considered relatively significant.

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1. Decline in the Influence of Representative Director Lee Gi-shik

On February 2, 2026, Executive Vice President Park Jeong-hoon was appointed as an inside director of the Segye Ilbo, changing the board composition to a three-member structure consisting of Representative Director Lee Gi-shik, Inside Director Park Jeong-hoon, and Kim Moon-shik, who serves as a non-executive director.

Consequently, it is assessed that Representative Director Lee Gi-shik’s independent influence has relatively diminished.

2. Appointment of Kim Eun-sang as other non-executive director

On March 24, 2026, Executive Vice President Park Jeong-hoon resigned (or was dismissed) just two months after taking office, and Director Kim Eun-sang subsequently assumed the position of non-executive director.

However, on May 22, 2026, Director Kim Eun-sang of the Central Administration Office was dismissed and left for the United States, making a replacement for this non-executive director unavoidable.

▶ Director Kim Eun-sang Dismissed—Shin Dong-mo for Successor? (2026-05-22)

https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/cRwZ/19

Director Kim Eun-sang Dismissed—Shin Dong-mo for Successor? (2026-05-22)

▶ Emergence of the “New Four” after Kim Eun-sang’s dismissal (2026-06-09)

https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/ZXsd/1540

김은상 해임 후 부상한 신4인방(최형석, 김동연, 이기식, 김재현?)과 정원주의 선택 (2026-06-09)

◆ Jeong Won-ju and Jeong Heui-taek demonstrate their continued influence

With the dismissal of Director Kim Eun-sang, who had been in charge of legal affairs concerning President Han Hak-ja, making a replacement of the Segye Ilbo‘s other non-executive directors necessary, it has been confirmed through sources that the camps of Jeong Won-ju and Jeong Heui-taek are pushing a plan to replace Representative Director Lee Gi-shik and appoint Park Jeong-hoon, Executive Vice President for Overall Management, as the new Representative Director.

Furthermore, it is reported that there is an intention to appoint former Representative Director Jeong Heui-taek as Vice Chairman and have him substantively involved in the operation of the Segye Ilbo.

At this time, there has been no confirmation regarding the public credibility or management capabilities of Executive Vice President Park Jeong-hoon.

Whether this personnel decision was made purely as a matter of management judgment or was driven by the internal needs of Jeong Won-ju and Jeong Heui-taek's side is likely to have a significant impact on the repercussions that follow.

2026-06-17

Choi Jong-keun

[Unification Church Anti-Corruption Monitoring Committee]

*As this document was generated by AI, it may contain typos or mistranslations.