A court on Monday put the brakes on the state broadcasting watchdog's attempt to reshuffle board members of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture (FBC), a major shareholder of public broadcaster MBC. The Seoul Administrative Court accepted requests by FBC chairperson Kwon Tae-sun and others for a temporary injunction to suspend the appointments of six new FBC directors, who were picked by Lee Jin-sook, chair of the broadcasting watchdog Korea Communications Commission (KCC), and KCC vice chief Kim Tae-kyu last month. The court said that Kwon and incumbent FBC directors will suffer irreparable damage if the new directors are appointed. The ruling will bar the new FBC directors capable of picking new MBC management from taking office until the court makes a ruling in the upcoming formal lawsuit. It comes after Lee and Kim selected the six new FBC directors about 10 hours after being appointed by President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 31. On Aug. 2, the opposition-led National Assembly voted to impeach Lee, accusi ng her of making KCC decisions with only two members while leaving the other three of the commission's five-member standing committee vacant. On Aug. 5, Kwon and two other FBC directors filed the application for the suspension of execution over the KCC's decision with the Seoul court. The plaintiffs claimed that any KCC decisions by only two standing committee members are illegal, whereas Lee has said the decisions by two KCC members are not desirable but lawful, as long as the formation of the five-member system is delayed. Kim, who is now serving as the acting chief of the KCC after the passage of Lee's impeachment motion, said his commission will appeal the Seoul court's decision. Source: Yonhap News Agency