Seo Bok-hyun (born June 10, 1983) is a South Korean journalist and the former anchor of

JTBC Newsroom ''JTBC Newsroom'' is the flagship nightly newscast of South Korean television network JTBC. The newscast is aired from 19:30-20:30 KST and 18:00-18:30 on weekends. ''JTBC Newsroom'' replaced two of its predecessors, ''JTBC News 10'' and ''JTBC New ...

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Seo graduated with a

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in sociology at Korea University. He started his career at MBN in 2010 as a reporter in its social affairs division before leaving for

JTBC JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTB ...

. He became known through his coverage of the

Sewol ferry disaster The ferry MV ''Sewol'' sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). Out of ...

, where he stayed for three months to cover the search for the network. After that, he moved to

JoongAng Ilbo ''The JoongAng'', formally known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'', is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also pub ...

in July 2015 as part of a rotation schedule, then came back to

in July 2016. He would then become part of a special report team assigned to initially investigate in the Mir and K-Sports foundations, but later uncovered evidence that

Choi Soon-sil Choi Soon-sil (; born June 23, 1956) is an individual known primarily for her involvement in the 2016 South Korean political scandal, which stemmed from her influence over the 11th President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. Biography Choi Soon- ...

meddled in political affairs. Seo was named as the new ''JTBC Newsroom'' presenter in December 2019, following then-presenter and current CEO

Sohn Suk-hee Sohn Suk-hee (born 27 July 1956) is a former South Korean anchor and currently serving as general director and president of JTBC and JTBC Studios. He was also a former professor at Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea. He is consi ...

's decision to step down. He had been persuaded multiple times by Sohn only to give in to his request, as he sees Seo to be a symbolic pillar and credible journalist despite having no previous presenting experience. He started his stint on 6 January 2020, being the youngest main presenter of a South Korean flagship newscast. He left ''Newsroom'' on June 4, 2021, following another large-scale JTBC News reorganization. He made a cameo in the

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-winning film ''

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'' as a reporter, and has been jokingly referred to as an "Oscar actor" by his colleagues.

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