South Korean President Yoon Seok-wyeh will take the presidential plane tomorrow to visit overseas to participate in a series of international summits, and announced to the public that MBC TV reporters are prohibited from accompanying the plane.

(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] South Korean President Yoon Sek-yue will take the special plane "Air Force One" to visit Cambodia and Indonesia from the 11th to the 16th to attend a series of ASEAN (ASEAN) summits and the Group of Twenty (G20) summit. The media from all parties will be allowed to accompany each other.

However, the South Korean government announced yesterday (9th) that, due to the consideration of national interests and other diplomatic issues, it would restrict MBC TV reporters from accompanying the president's plane, prompting MBC to issue a statement to protest.

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Yoon Sek-yue will take the presidential plane tomorrow to visit overseas for a series of international summits, and announced that in addition to MBC reporters, other media will be allowed to accompany him.

MBC TV station angrily stated that this was an act of suppressing media interview activities.

In this regard, Yin Xiyue said in an interview with the media on the way to work today that the decision to restrict MBC reporters from traveling on a special plane was to prevent diplomatic problems and national interests, and the decision had to be taken.

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The South Korean government said that allowing the media to take the presidential plane is to facilitate reporters to report on security and diplomatic issues, rather than to report biased news content.

This decision was made in order to prevent a similar situation from happening again because MBC TV conducted false reports of distorted remarks during Yin Xiyue's visit to the United States in September.

At present, MBC TV issued a statement expressing the protest, and plans to take another flight to the president's seat to report.