 In 2013, Rep. Bae Ki-woon (Minjoo) and monthly news magazine "Sisa IN" exposed NACF's unethical business practice of paying newspapers and other media outlets to run promo articles.Among the media outlets which received payment from NACF were newspapers "Dong-A Ilbo" (628.7 million won), "JoongAng Ilbo" (375 million won), "Chosun Ilbo" (56.6 million won), "Kyunghyang Shinmun" (33 million won) and "Hankyoreh" (12.5 million won), as well as news agency "Yonhap News" (132 million won) and news website "OhmyNews" (55 million won).An NACF public relations employee, who requested anonymity, told "The Korea Observer" that it has paid media outlets in exchange of articles that promote the cooperative and its policies.