Good on them! The need to report real, truthful un-censored material should be fought for. FIGHTING

Yes for MBC, and I'm surprised at KBS cause I was sure it would keep rotting until the end.
Just the fact that JTBC was the one to tell the truth about the former president shows how dirty those presidents are.

Hopefully MBC at least will get what it wants, cause they are my favorite station. Honestly, I doubt KBS will do anything since they always get influenced by the government.

I'll gladly put my kdrama obsession on hold for this cause.

We dang! I totally support them!!!
....Just hoping selfishly that the last episodes of School 2017 air; if not, OTP BTS reel on repeat!

It's amazing to see these people put their neck on the line and risk being criticised or even fired for what they believe in. News impartiality is so, so important, I hope they receive lots of support and achieve their goals!

Thank you @girlfriday :) , I saw an article earlier today about possible cancellations of some "Infinite challenge" and "I live alone" eps due to a PD strike . I was trying to find some news, so this helps me a lot. I didn't know KBS was involved too, nor a similar strike already happened in the past.
Argh Falsify is real, those corrupted Elders do exist and they're powerful.
Let's hope this will help the industry in the long term , if less dramas and k-shows are going to the price, I'll gladly pay for it. My to watch list might have 60 entries on it ?

I'm happy for them... but... my programmes...

good luck to everyone who involved with the strike. May the Force be with you!
mbc president really need to step down FAST. its distasteful enough they went sasaeng way with following song-song couple to bali, they upped their disgusting way with secretly filming song sun mi's husband funeral who got murdered last week. she said no to media. let the poor woman grief in peace.???

Thanks for drawing this to our attention girlfriday. That over 90% of union members at MBC voted for strike action really tells us how serious this situation must be.

Best of luck! Power to the people!!! ?

YES to a strike! Protests are so heartening. It shows that people still care about what goes on in government and society. That there are people willing to fight for what's right. That there's still hope in the world. To echo what others have said, I'll gladly accept a hold on my dramas in favor of justice. Vive la résistance!

The tv dramas take a pause for real life drama! always good to see that there are people around the world who really care about freedom of the press and are willing to defending that right. Everyday heroes right there! Hopefully the change they create is lasting so workers don't have to protest every 3 or 5 years again.

Please get the prosecutors to investigate the presidents of MBC and KBS too. Get rid of them all at once.

Well, good luck to all of them.
I'm always in awe of people who put their lives and livelihood on the line for what's right. Fortunately, I have never been in a position to have to do so. But I do hope their collective voices will be heard and the thugs in charge will resign. Quietly supporting and cheering them from Oregon USA!
We support you 100%!!!

I'm so proud of them, I wish them all the best!! They have to do this so they won't end up like us (in my country) the governmet has a say in everything, we don't believe in the news anymore (the majority of us at least)

I heard that a lot of people complain how bad SBS is in this year. But this time, what they will say?
Good luck with strike!

I live in Brazil and I don't know if you guys heard whats It's going on here, but is an unbelievable mess, corruption has reached all levels of government and private companies. And we have a big TV station that unconditionally controlls the government and have always mislead the stories. What I mean is that if we had 1% of what these Koreans are doing, maybe we would be a little better, but unfortunately we don't have that in our society.
So FIGHTING for them and hope they get what they want.

Union strikers, Fighting!!

So that's why they haven't uploaded "The King Loves" 's extracts on youtube yesterday (for a moment I thought the broadcast had been cancelled! ... and I was miserable!).
Go MBC and KBS people for the freedom of the press! Democracy is a fragile achievement and we must fight for it everyday!

This is so cool! The last time there was a strike in CZE was in 2001 and it is now long overdue.

Best of luck to the union workers! I'm glad people are fighting for the right to report un-biased and honest news. In the U.S. right now, the media is often under attack for reporting the truth, and I know firsthand how frustrating it is when people look at the facts/are not informed of the facts and either disregard them or remain ignorant to them. Hwaiting!

Well, this brings to mind Forest of Secrets and other recent corruption-related dramas that take this matter to the forefront and in turn empower those who believe in the chase to stop corruption at the very top. Bravo!!

FIGHTING! Good luck to all the heroes!

This news actually brings me to tears. There are plenty of other justifiable reasons for which the union members could've gone on strike (e.g. dangerously long workdays, a system that has resulted in some production staff never getting paid for their work, etc.), but the fact that they're putting it all on the line for the greater good is so inspiring. Fighting against media censorship is incredibly important.

And Beanies, you are jjang for putting your personal concerns about interrupted/halted shows aside and showing up to voice your support for the strike. It makes me love this community even more.

Perhaps the Revisiting Dramas theme should be extended for a while? Of course there will still be some new dramas to watch, but if pickings get too slim, maybe we could do a collective rewatch of an oldie-but-goodie and/or of an underrated gem. We could even watch a previously unrecapped drama together... being recapped as we go.

i've never seen a strike / protest in my country (since its largely illegal i think) so i think its quite interesting & this, like what @girlfriday said, is really like a live falsify. will be interesting to see how falsify continues to play out (and get all the ratings) and compare it to the current happenings!! maybe sbs will throw some tiny amounts of shade which will be really, really entertaining. hope these people will be safe!! (are strikes dangerous??? i don't really know)

I knew things were bad at MBC and glimpses of an oncoming strike was being shown, but I didn't know that things were just as bad over at KBS T.T

Awl flashbacks, anyone?

FIGHT STRONG, FIGHT HARD! WE'RE WITH YOU, UNION WORKERS!

KBS President better step DOWN, i need to see how School 2017 ENDS kdfhsdlkfh

YAAAAAAS I don't care how long it takes, I hope they don't give up and win. There's a great article about this on koreaexpose guys please check it out! https://koreaexpose.com/politics-swing-left-mbc-journalism/

Good luck to them! It'll be difficult but hopefully they achieve the best results they want to see. The media honestly sighhh

Good for them! I was a bit concerned when I heard it was only variety PDs at MBC. I thought there needed to be more union members involved for a greater impact. This is good news. Now, if we could have the same thing happen at MSNBC, CNN, and FOX here in the States then things would be great.

Kudos! May they be successful in their fight for credibilty and impartiality in journalism.
If we cannot even trust the news, who can the people trust.

I have a question. The SBS station is also public, why does it not go on strike?