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The popular EBS character ‘Pengsu’ is expected to appear as a reference in the National Assembly audit on the 15th of next month. The Committee on Communication and Dissemination of Scientific and Technological Information of the National Assembly held a plenary meeting on the 24th and summoned the ‘EBS Pengsu Character Interpreter’ from ‘Unknown Name’ as a reference for the Korea Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBS ). The proposal to adopt the person of reference was decided.
The idea to call Pengsoo as a reference came from the office of Congressman Bo Seunghee Hwang, the people’s power. Lee’s official said, “EBS is a Pengsoo character, and his administrative performance has improved significantly, and we will find out if the person playing Pengsoo is being treated appropriately.” Pengsu, a 10-year-old giant penguin from Antarctica, is gaining widespread popularity by what is known as the ‘Office Chair’, working under the concept of ‘EBS trainee’ status. YouTube’s ‘Giant Peng TV’ recorded 2.55 million subscribers and 289 million cumulative views to date.
It is said that the national government will also ask about the abuse of Pengsu. Representative Hwang Bo Seung-hee said, “There is a story that Pengsu is being abused, such as not sleeping well or not having enough time to rest. I will review this.” In this regard, EBS reported that there was an atmosphere of concern that ‘Pengsu’s mysticism’, which is active as ‘anonymous’, would be broken.
According to data presented and released by EBS on the 1st People’s Power, Representative Cho Joong-hee, from November last year to July last year, Pengsu earned 2.83 billion won on advertising models and sponsorship income, and 1.42 billion won in image brand sales. It generated sales of 5.8 billion won with sales of 10,000 won and licensed products. The total amount is 10.13 billion won. EBS said that it had distributed the proceeds of ‘Pengsoo’ to the actors and the agency, but did not reveal specific details of the distribution of the proceeds, saying, “It is difficult to provide it according to the ‘secret maintenance’ provisions in the contract.”
In order to enter the main building of the National Assembly as a reference to the state affairs audit, it is necessary to reveal the true identity, but there is a concern that the personal information of the person who plays Pengsoo’s character will be revealed in the process. According to the Office of Security Planning Office of the Office of the National Assembly, in order for outsiders to enter the main National Assembly building, they must complete an access assistance request provided in the briefing room, present a card of identification and receive a business card after identification. In this process, the gender and age of Pengsoo’s actors can be revealed.
An official from the Ministry of State and Company said: “I know that there is a problem such as the loss of value of the product when ‘Pengsu’ is identified, but in principle, all outsiders who enter the National Assembly must go through the identification process “. Still, he said, “If there is a request to enter the office separately, we will discuss whether to allow such access through a meeting.”
When Pengsu visited the Foreign Ministry office in November last year, there was a ‘preference’ to enter with the help of a Foreign Ministry employee after verifying the identity in writing in advance. Normally, to visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building (Seoul Government Complex Annex), an identification card must be presented and the institution staff must check whether the identification card matches the person and whether the access is correct. approved. For this reason, some pointed out that ‘when an actor wearing a mask enters the government building, it is a violation of government building security regulations to enter the building without clearly confirming identity.
