(4) When any person who publishes the periodicals, etc. publishes any general daily newspaper or any
general weekly newspapers provided for in subparagraph 1 (a) or (c) of Article 2 of the Act on the
Promotion of Newspapers during the operational period of the Election News Deliberation Commission
under paragraph (1), he or she shall submit, without delay, to the Election News Deliberation
Commission, one copy of the relevant periodical, and, if any request is made by the Election News
Deliberation Commission, one copy of any other periodical that he or she publishes. <Newly Inserted on
Mar. 7, 2002; Aug. 4, 2005; Feb. 29, 2008; Jul. 31, 2009>
(5) When any request is made by the person who has submitted the periodical, etc. under paragraph (4),
the Election News Deliberation Commission shall make just compensation. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 7, 2002;
Feb. 29, 2008>
(6) Article 8-2 (3), (4) and (6) shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to the Election News Deliberation
Commission.
(7) The Press Arbitration Commission shall prescribe matters necessary for the composition and operation
of the Election News Deliberation Commission.
Article 8-4 (Requests for Counterargument Report on Election News)
(1) A political party (limited to a central party; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) or a candidate
(including a person wishing to become a candidate; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) affected
by public accusation against his or her personal character, biased propaganda of policies, etc. through
broadcast or periodicals, etc. from the date on which the Election Broadcast Deliberation Commission or
the Election News Deliberation Commission is established to the election day, may make a written request
for a broadcast of the counterargument report to the broadcasting company which made the relevant
broadcast, and for a printing of counterargument reports to the press company which printed the relevant
news, respectively, within 10 days from the date on which he or she became aware of the relevant
broadcast or printing of news: Provided, That this shall not apply where 30 days elapsed from the day of
the relevant broadcast or printing of news. <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Feb. 29, 2008; Jan. 25, 2010>
(2) A broadcasting company or a press company shall, where it has received requests under paragraph (1),
without delay make consultation with the relevant political party or the relevant candidate or his or her
proxy about the content, size, frequency, etc. of counterargument reports, and shall broadcast the
counterargument report free of charge within 48 hours from the time of receipt of requests in cases of
broadcasting, and print the counterargument report free of charge on the issue next to the same periodicals,
etc., for which an editing is not completed, in cases of periodicals. In such cases, where the next issue of
periodicals is to be published and distributed after the election day, the counterargument report shall be
printed in general daily newspapers under subparagraph 1 (a) of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of
Newspapers to be distributed in the very area wherein the relevant periodicals have been distributed,
within 48 hours from the time when the request has been made, and the expenditures therefor shall be
borne by the relevant press company. <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Aug. 4, 2005; Feb. 29, 2008; Jul. 31, 2009>