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Common Knowledge: Gifts over 100,000 Won Are Bribes

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - It turns out that six out of 10 office workers think that holiday gifts over 100,000 won given to public officials are a form of bribery. Tmon (www.tmon.co.kr), an online shopping site, asked 500 office workers between the ages of 20 and 50 if they thought presenting fruit, Hanwoo [...]

Beef Bribery: Agriculture and Livestock Industry in State of Emergency

SEJONG, August 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Agriculture and livestock industry businesses are increasingly nervous as the so-called ‘Kim Young-ran Law’, a law prohibiting illegal solicitation and bribery, will soon come into effect. The tension is derived from concerns that the consumption of agricultural, animal and marine products will drop because criminal penalties could imposed on [...]