SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission on Monday approved a revision of the anti-corruption law to ease restrictions on the price of gifts that can be provided to public officials and some other professions. The Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, commonly known as the Kim Young-ran law, named after [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Government Ethics Committee on Thursday unveiled high-ranking officials’ personal property data that included a variety of extraordinary items. Unification minister Kwon Young-se reported three harps worth 130 million won (US$100,400) and one painting worth 30 million won that are owned under his wife’s name. Shin Ja-yong, head of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Among South Korean public officials, those who are younger and newer to their jobs have a low level of awareness about how important it is to serve the nation and its people. The Korea Institute of Public Administration conducted a survey of 4,111 public servants, with 71.5 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The working habits of public officials at South Korea’s central government bodies are shifting fast towards non-face-to-face format in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. According to an analysis by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the number of PC-based video conferences held at the nation’s government agencies [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Civil servants who actively handled their work based on creativity and expertise for the public good, including the improvement of unreasonable regulations, have been awarded by the government. Four officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, who were selected as outstanding public servants for “Active Administration,” received an [...]
SUWON, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The lobby on the first floor of Suwon City Hall in Gyeonggi Province has turned into a fashion show for shorts. About 300 city hall officials gathered in the lobby as models dressed in shorts walked out on a runway set up in the middle of the lobby with [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the Korea Forest Service on Thursday, a consultation service to prevent forest disease and insect pests featuring retired public officials will continue this year. The consultation was introduced in 2017 to utilize exemplary retired government employees with expertise and experience as human assets of the nation. This [...]
SEJONG, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The average wealth of South Korea’s leadership class – public officials, lawmakers, and high-ranking judges – was almost six times higher than members of the general public, recent data showed. According to Sunday’s asset disclosures released by the Government Public Ethics Committee, the Supreme Court of Korea and the [...]