Establishing Public Service Discipline Shaken by the 'LH Incident'... Anti-Corruption Commission Collaborates with 17 Cities and Provinces Nationwide

Speeding Up Anti-Corruption Cooperation Nationwide
"Accelerating Implementation of 10 Key Tasks Including Inspection of Public Enterprise Hiring under Ministry of Land"
"Raising Current Global Integrity Ranking from Around 30th to Top 20"

Chairperson Jeon Hyun-hee of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced on the 21st at the government Seoul office briefing room that the 80-day integrity campaign, which began in April with Gyeonggi Province and involved signing anti-corruption and rights promotion agreements with 17 cities and provinces nationwide to enter the world's top 20 clean countries, has been completed. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced on the 21st that it has signed a 'Business Agreement to Strengthen Anti-Corruption Cooperation' with 17 metropolitan local governments and public officials nationwide. They pledged to do their best to raise the current global integrity ranking of 33rd to within the top 20.

At a briefing on the same day, Chairperson Jeon Hyun-hee explained, "To restore public trust damaged by the recent Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) scandal and to improve national integrity, fundamental reforms and nationwide renewal are necessary," adding, "This agreement was signed to establish public service discipline not only among central government officials but also local government officials."

The Commission also signed anti-corruption and rights promotion business agreements with 17 cities and provinces nationwide over 80 days, starting with Gyeonggi Province in April.

The Commission plans to provide education on the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act to public officials of the 17 local governments and conduct consulting on anti-corruption policies and whistleblower protection systems. They will also expand integrity education for local council members and pilot an ethics and compliance management certification system for major public enterprises.

Along with strengthening anti-corruption cooperation with local governments, the Commission selected ten major innovation tasks to accelerate implementation, including ▲supporting the enactment of the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act and monitoring the implementation of codes of conduct ▲special inspections of recruitment at public enterprises under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ▲inspection of violations of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act ▲and continuous monitoring of public finance leakage.

The ten tasks also include operating a focused reporting period for public officials' real estate speculation, ▲comprehensive overhaul of conflict of interest prevention systems in public institutions ▲strengthening integrity policy evaluations and establishing conflict of interest prevention indicators ▲introducing ethics and compliance management programs in public enterprises ▲and enhancing integrity education and enforcement for high-ranking public officials.

Chairperson Jeon said, "We will actively cooperate with each institution to enhance the integrity and fairness of the public service community and make painstaking efforts to become a world-class integrity country ranked within the top 20."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.