What organization is responsible for classifying films and videos in South Korea?
South Korea has a Media Ratings Board which is in charge of assigning classifications to films, videos, computer games, and other media released for public viewing (a separate board exists for television). In 1995, government censorship of films was ruled unconstitutional and so the former governmental censorship board was disbanded. The less powerful Media Ratings Board — made up of film professors, directors, lawyers, and other individuals with or without connection to the film industry — has taken its place. The board has a bilingual website at http://www.kmrb.or.kr. The Media Ratings Board has undergone some restructuring and changes in personnel since its inception, most recently in mid-2002. However the board chairman, veteran director Kim Soo-yong (who had his own highly publicized struggles with government censorship in the 1980s), has remained in charge of the board since the late 1990s. New board members have been chosen by Kim himself in consultation with the Ministry of C
