Showdown At Seoul Philharmonic: Music Director Says He’ll Quit If CEO Isn’t Removed

Less than a week after the orchestra’s staff openly demanded the resignation of their boss, Park Hyun-Jung, artistic director Myung-Whun Chung (a local hero in Seoul because of his high-level career in Europe’s capitals) said that Park’s on-the-job behavior “is a clear violation of human rights [of her staff] … such attitude is not acceptable.”