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The anniversary of ‘Donghak Revolution’ By Choe Chong-dae 2014 marks the 120th anniversary of the Donghak Peasant Revolution. Accordingly, a variety of celebrations have been planned by the Commemoration Foundation of the Donghak Peasant Revolution, an association of family members of those who died during the uprising, as well asRead More →

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“Moreover, corruption favors a particular class of people and creates inequality in opportunities. In addition to the shrinking of opportunities due to productivity retardation, inequality in opportunities, which is similar to income and wealth inequality, will lead to frustration and sociopolitical instability.”

cpi2013-asiapacific

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Korea is making steady strides toward stamping out corruption across government agencies and institutions, but public perception on the matter has been on a slow decline. In its most recent annual review, Transparency International dropped Korea one notch in its global rankings for relative degree of perceived corruption. Korea hadRead More →

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Transparent Society Award Since 2001, TI-Korea has been awarding various groups, organizations, and individuals who demonstrated brave and laudable acts by practicing virtues of honesty, integrity, and transparency. In general, we award recipients who fight against corrupt practices in various sectors in the Korean society. Transparency Society Award is beingRead More →

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The original meaning of corruption included “perversion or destruction of integrity”. However, corruption was defined narrowly as “the abuse of public position for private gain” in the early 1990s. The following discussions included similar misconducts in the private sector and indirect / legal forms of abuse of power as wellRead More →

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Newspaper Reports on Corruption Anti-Corruption Drive http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/01/113_17525.html This is the 11th in a series of articles on suggestions to President-elect Lee Myung-bak. ― ED. By Kim Geo-sung Chairperson of Transparency International Korea Dear President-elect: A great improvement in the control of corruption and enhancement of transparency in every sector ofRead More →

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Updates for 2008-2009 [Update]1% Movement TI-Korea http://ti.or.kr/xe/212731 2010.08.10 13:38:42 [1% Movement] TI Korea’s 1% Movement represents a vision to have one percent of Korea’s citizens publicly commit to work toward a transparent and corruption-free society. Its slogan is “Take Pride, Be Transparent”. As of December 2009, participants of the 1%Read More →

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Principal Activities Promoting Compliance to laws and Political System by Constructing a National Integrity System – Campaigning for the revision of Election Laws – Participating in the Coalition for Anti-Corruption Legislation – Rating electoral candidates by voters through participation in voters movements/activities – Holding an Integrity Pact Development Plan workshopsRead More →

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Ethics Programs Transparency International-Korea Ethics Program TI Korea Ethics Program Documents ETHICAL POLICIES & GUIDELINES – Ethics Policy – Ethics Charter – Conflict of Interest Policy – Regulation on Ethics Committee HISTORY ETHICS ENACTMENT RECORD – Ethics Charter enacted on 30th August 2000 – Conflict of Interest Policy enacted onRead More →

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 Hello & welcome! Transparency International Korea (TI-K) is a non-governmental organisation which aims ‘to make a world in which the government, politics, business, civil society, and our daily lives free from corruption’. Our values are ‘transparency, accountability, solidarity, courage, justice, and democracy’. TI-K set out as a solidarity network ofRead More →

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Transparency International-Korea (henceforth, TI Korea), a non-governmental organization, was founded on August 24, 1999 through a coalition of civil organization with a purpose “To raise greater awareness in people, to eliminate the widespread corruption in the society, and to contribute in building a righteous society through anti-corruption activities.” Our mainRead More →