Umji's new face in the morning yard, Park Cheol-gyu? You're already good at this. Don't think I'm leading you
Sep 24, 2025
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Um Ji-in said at the 10,000th press conference of KBS1 'Morning Madang' held at KBS' main building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 24th, `Park Chul-kyu is already a good friend, so I decided to abandon the idea that I should lead him.'
First broadcast in 1991, 'Morning Madang' has established itself as a representative morning broadcast in Korea. In particular, Um Ji-in, who has been firmly established as an existing MC since August 4, and Park Chul-kyu, who is newly joining, have been active in a reliable combination.
In response, Um Ji-in, the master of the house, praised Park Chul-kyu's ability to host the show. He pondered "I also wondered how Park Cheol-gyu came to be the MC of 'Morning Madang". In the meantime, he has been the host of the show by a lot of seniors such as Lee Sang-byeok, Son Bum-soo, Kim Jae-won, and Yoon In-gu as male MCs. In the rapidly changing media broadcasting environment, I wondered where the new direction of 'morning yard' would be. Someone says that 'morning yard' is old, but now there is a young image and I felt like I had to show a new direction. So I decided to abandon the idea of leading Park Cheol-gyu. Park Cheol-gyu is already a good friend. He must have become an MC because he's good at it. What's really great about this friend is that I felt that he was good at it about a month ago. 'I said, 'I'm not going to do it as much as I can today, and I'll see how Park Cheol-gyu does it. I don't have to worry about it.'"
Meanwhile, the 10,000th special episode of KBS1Morning Madang will air at 8:25 a.m. from September 29 to October 3.
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