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Corruption in South Korea is moderate compared to most countries in the Asia–Pacific and the broader international community. Transparency International 's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index scored South Korea at 63 on a scale between 0 ("highly corrupt") and 100 ("very clean").
Furgate refers to the late-1990s corruption and scandal involving senior South Korean government figures and their wives, who have spent bribery money on luxury items, primarily furs and jewelry. The resulting scandal and trial of the first half of 1997 has been described as one of the largest ever scandals in South Korea. [7]
Park Geun-hye (pictured in 2013) was accused of being improperly influenced by Choi Soon-sil. The 2016 South Korean political scandal, often called Park Geun-hye–Choi Soon-sil Gate in South Korea (Korean: 박근혜·최순실 게이트), was a scandal that emerged around October 2016 in relation to the unusual access that Choi Soon-sil, the daughter of shaman-esque cult leader Choi Tae-min ...
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) named Yoon, the first sitting president to be arrested in South Korea’s history, as the ringleader of an insurrection, also ...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has so far refused to cooperate with investigators after he was arrested for questioning on Wednesday, the country’s anti-corruption agency said.
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Friday it would ask a Seoul court to extend the detention of arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol as the leader again refused to be ...
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (Korean: 고위공직자범죄수사처; Hanja: 高位公職者犯罪搜査處; RR: Gowigongjikja beomjoesusacheo), or CIO in short, is an independent agency of the South Korean government responsible for prosecuting crimes and investigating allegations involving "high-ranking officials" or their direct family members.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials reportedly made the request to police on Sunday. ... Supporters of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol take part in a rally ...