[News] Ministry of Defense Announces It Will Close Down Its PR Unit

The Ministry of Defense announced that it would be closing down its PR unit.

The official briefing on the results of its audit and investigation was held on July 18.

A rep for the Ministry said, "We have decided to close down the PR unit as a result of the audit held on PR agents. We feel responsible for leaving the Defense Media Agency to cause trouble, and for not supervising the PR agents properly."

The rep revealed the reason the Ministry decided to close down the unit was because it drove down morale and had already lost the trust of the people.

"The unit was meant to represent the military and foster morale, but it ended up harming the image of the military instead with its series of incidents, and drove down the morale of those soldiers currently serving their duties in their own units," the rep said.

The rep added, "Also, the trust of the people is most important in its serving the military, but it has lost that trust from the Korean people due to many incidents that have arisen."

The decision comes following a broadcast by SBS′ In Depth 21, which showed how PR agents were not being managed properly.

Photo credit: SBS 




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