Seoul – Kim Jae-chul, the new president of MBC, was blocked by MBC Union members in front of the broadcaster’s headquarters on his first day of work last week. According to The Korea Times, Kim tried to enter MBC headquarters located in Seoul’s Yeouido but was successfully blocked by MBC Union members. Kim was confronted by the station’s union leader, Lee Geun-haeng, who accused him of being a subordinate to the government. According to the report, when Kim was questioned as to whether he would establish an auditory committee to investigate the company’s investigative TV program, PD Notebook, Kim’s answer was widely taken as an affirmation that the audit will be carried out as wished by the current government. PD Notebook is a news magazine program that raised the issue over the connection of mad cow disease with US beef. The program triggered months of protests that two million people participated in and almost toppled the current government.