Korea is reigniting long-stalled efforts to overhaul its broadcasting regulations, seeking to establish a comprehensive media law that reflects the rapid rise of streaming-era platforms and brings traditional broadcasting and digital streaming platforms under one regulatory framework. The Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) is set to hold a roundtable with outside experts on Jan. 19 to discuss the direction for a unified media legal framework. The meeting aims to gather views on how to redesign the regulatory system to better match the current market that has shifted away from digital platform convergence and on-demand viewing. The initiative, shelved numerous times over the decades due to political disputes and jurisdictional conflicts, is raising expectations for renewed momentum as the media landscape evolves rapidly. The current Broadcasting Act, enacted in 2000, has largely retained its original form despite a surge of new media types such as internet protocol TV, internet-based streaming and free ad-supported television (FAST). Despite these new developments, a compreh