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01 / Centennial Forum
AI, platform influence and democratic oversight
- Park Tae-woong
AI generated - Park Gu-yong
AI generated - Lee Jung-hwanCaricature pending
- Kwon Oh-hyunCaricature pending
Park Tae-woong and Park Gu-yong cited cases and research suggesting that platform profiling and personalized AI persuasion may influence political judgement. Lee Jung-hwan raised concerns about answers tailored to users' preferences, contamination of training data and Big Tech's political influence, while Kwon Oh-hyun contrasted direct civic discussion with delegating expression to AI. Park Gu-yong warned that outsourcing judgement and conversation could weaken critical thinking; Park Gu-yong and Park Tae-woong called for independent algorithm audits and stronger accountability and regulation for companies and AI agents. Numerical research findings and individual political-financing examples were relayed as the speakers' accounts, with detailed institutional design left for later discussion.
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- 01AI and democracy
- 02Platform influence
- 03AI oversight
- 04Civic discussion
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04 / The Hong Sa-hoon Show
Oversight after the appointment, frustrated supporters and checks within the presidential team
At the Friday live-audience show, Hong Sa-hoon, Yoon Kun-young and Choi Kang-wook critically reviewed Kim Ji-yong's appointment and the explanations given during confirmation scrutiny; Yoon reported having advised against the appointment but now called for both oversight and support. They debated the basis and timing of allegations involving Shincheonji and the Democratic Party, as well as protection of membership lists: Hong suspected a deliberate leak, while Yoon and Choi considered the possibility of an accident. An audience member strongly challenged appeals to understand governing-party lawmakers and criticized the president's communications; Yoon argued for working with lawmakers who hold different views, while Choi advocated combining criticism with building a majority. They ended by discussing hopes and concerns about the appointments of presidential chief of staff Lim Kwang-hyun and the policy chief, calling for mechanisms to convey public sentiment and dissent to the president and for better management of social-media communications.
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05 / Five O'Clock with Lee Jae-seok
Public-affairs headlines and the communication of jazz improvisation
- Lee Jae-seok
AI generated - Lee Bong-woo
AI generated - Lee Yong-juCaricature pending
- Cho Ho-jeCaricature pending
- Park Hyun-kwang
AI generated - Ryu Hee-sungCaricature pending
- Kang Han-sungCaricature pending
- Lee Dong-minCaricature pending
- Jung-hwaCaricature pending
Lee Bong-woo presented Gallup polling on presidential and party approval and the prospective parliamentary-election landscape, and reported a case referral concerning alleged irregularities in Yoo Dam's faculty appointment alongside rebuttals from the camps of former lawmaker Yoo Seong-min and Incheon National University's president. Lee Yong-ju raised safety and traffic concerns associated with competitive running and more races, while noting that the cause of the death discussed had not yet been established. In the autumn jazz segment, Ryu Hee-sung compared improvisation to a talk show, explaining song structures, communication between performers and when audiences applaud. The members of Oldie but Goodie, Jung-hwa, Kang Han-sung and Lee Dong-min, discussed variations within a song's basic framework, selecting recorded takes and ways to enjoy jazz without seeing it as forbidding.
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06 / Joo Jin-woo Live
Park Joo-min's human-rights work and hearing disputes involving Han Dong-hoon, Oh Se-hoon and Cho Hee-dae
In the live-audience broadcast, host Joo Jin-woo and commentator Kim Ye-ni looked back on Democratic Party lawmaker Park Joo-min's student activism, human-rights legal work and time alongside citizens and bereaved Sewol ferry families. Park said the major-crimes investigation agency should be judged by how it operates after Kim Ji-yong takes office, and questioned ebook sales arrangements and investigative decisions in the case concerning Han Dong-hoon's child while calling for a renewed investigation. Park then described allegations about Han River Bus operator selection and kickbacks and the city government's audit and investigation-referral response; the programme also included Oh Se-hoon's hearing answers denying relevant claims or reporting no recollection. Finally, Joo and Park discussed expense-record controversies involving Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae and the responsibilities of investigative agencies; statements about criminal liability or future court outcomes were the speakers' allegations and forecasts, not findings of guilt.
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Original sources (Korean)
- AI, platform influence and democratic oversightOriginal source (Korean)https://humblefactory.co.kr/12420/2026년-10월-16일-금-백년위원회-ai와-플랫폼의-결합-언론/
- Oversight after a new investigation chief takes office, Han River Bus allegations and court proceedingsOriginal source (Korean)https://humblefactory.co.kr/12422/2026년-10월-16일-금-퍼니포-李대통령-지명-37일-만에-김지용/
- A market rebound, foreign investor flows and longer-term decisionsOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pUjlPARzd0
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- Oversight after the appointment, frustrated supporters and checks within the presidential teamOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIMyDx4h3v4
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- Public-affairs headlines and the communication of jazz improvisationOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFovPJcD_2o
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- Park Joo-min's human-rights work and hearing disputes involving Han Dong-hoon, Oh Se-hoon and Cho Hee-daeOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghEF6k1DRM
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