BackThe Anti-Corruption and Civil Right Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan) announced three major tasks to focus on under its 2025 vision “People with Better Life, Korea to Leap Forward.”
Given the increasing concerns about added grievances due to the uncertainties both within and outside of Korea, ACRC has made stabilizing livelihoods and protecting marginalized groups as top priority.
Also, ACRC will engage with people in multiple ways by utilizing digital technology and improve platform including Online Administrative Appeals System in more easy and convenient way for people’s rights and interests.
Moreover, ACRC announced to consolidate anti-corruption system by conducting rigorous checks and elevating effectiveness of code of conduct for fairness and integrity, while spreading a culture of integrity throughout society.
1. Stabilize People’s Life, Focusing on Protecting Marginalized Groups and People’s Livelihood
ACRC will prioritize the proactive resolution of issues faced by vulnerable social groups such as self-reliant young people, people living in slums and people affected by Hansen’s disease through on-site visit and circuit counseling. As a hub for the projects, ACRC will form a “joint social consultation group” for more systematic and sustainable support, improving both quantity and quality of the programs.
At the same time, the committee will operate “On-site Business Grievances Meeting” for small business owners and micro enterprises as well as the “On-site Outreach Service,” which visits marginalized areas and communities over 100 times a year for listening to the difficulties of people’s livelihoods and addressing grievances in a fast manner.
Also, investigation will also focus on topics including fast transfer of illegal parking, signs of eco-friendly vehicle charging places, living environment of junior military officials to figure out root causes of inconveniences and improve irrational system and practices, while proactively find long-awaited collective complaints which cause grievances of local residents and social disagreements for reasonable mediation and resolution.
2. Society of fairness and integrity where people can feel the difference
ACRC conducts thorough checks to eradicate corruption at local and on-site areas which are closely connected to the daily lives of people. The commission will focus on preventing financial leakage due to the excessive budget spending of public institutions or illegal receipt of subsidy and recommend recovery to contribute to the national budget.
Old-fashioned practices in public society including unofficial hospitality for executives, power trip in the office, non-planned use of budget will also be the target of thorough inspection.
The three-year-old Conflict of Interest Prevention Act (2025.05.19) to be fully operate among the public officials as an anti-corruption mechanism, ACRC will repair the act in more reasonable way, add virtual assets to the restricted transactions when using duty-related information to raise and elevate effectiveness of anti-corruption related law.
To disseminate integrity with fairness and common sense in the overall society, ACRC will also investigate hiring process of sports-related organizations as they have high incidence of recruitment-related corruption and provide consulting on recruitment regulations.
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Source: The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, South Korea
