[Breaking News] National Policy Committee: "Abolition of the Prosecutors' Office... Establishment of the Public Prosecution Office and Serious Crimes Investigation Agency"

On August 13, the National Policy Planning Committee announced, "We will abolish the Prosecutors' Office, which has abused its authority through practices such as targeted investigations."

Lee Hae-sik, head of the Political and Administrative Division of the National Policy Planning Committee, stated at the National Policy Planning Committee's public briefing held at the State Guest House in the Blue House that day, "We will complete prosecutorial reform by separating investigation and prosecution through the establishment of the Investigation Office and the Prosecution Office, and by normalizing legal administration through the de-prosecutorization of the Ministry of Justice."