Corruption in Korea is still strong despite the enactment of various anti-corruption legislation, which lost their legitimacy when they were manipulated by previous regimes in order to reinforce political power and oppress opponents.
Corruption is ...
Corruption in Korea is still strong despite the enactment of various anti-corruption legislation, which lost their legitimacy when they were manipulated by previous regimes in order to reinforce political power and oppress opponents.
Corruption is one of the oldest and most difficult problems to solve. And the Anti-Corruption Act is established to serve to create the clean climate of the civil service and society by preventing and regulating the acts of corruption efficiently. Also, asserting firm action against corruption, on January 25th, 2002, KICAC(The Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption) took its great step toward a clean Korea.
The Commission established the behavioral standards for its employees with an aim to ensure its objectiveness and accountability and thus secure public trust. But Except the Commission shall launch an investigation in the event that any person has suffered a disadventurous disposition in his position on the grounds of his whistle-blowing, the Commission must only refer such case to a competent organization among the Board of Audit and Investigation, an investigative agency, or an agency in charge of supervising the relevant public institution and the Role of KICAC is very limited to take its legal activities on the grounds of the Anti-Corruption Act, unless prosecutors investigates employees on bribery charges.
Under this circumstance, it is difficult to build a powerful community of like-minded crusaders against corruption so that a clean and responsible society can be passed down to our future generations. But, A perfect system can be nullified and changed by a ruler's edict, if its operators manipulate it. In achieving a society free of corruption, a strong will is more important than a fine theory or speech. A corruption -free nation cannot be established unless the leaders of the country set an example by meeting the standards of their words, keeping clean hands, and following the rule of law over their private interests.