[Announcement of the 2025 Transparency Society Award Recipients by the Korea Transparency Organization] The Transparency International-Korea (TI Korea), the Korean chapter of Transparency International (Co-CEOs: Lee Sang-hak, Toi Hyu, and Yoo Han-beom), announced today the recipients of the 2025 Transparency Society Award. This year’s award recipients are journalist Kim Chae-woon,Read More →

“Privilege Abuse” by National Assembly Members: Conduct a Full Investigation and Hold Them Accountable! More and more cases are emerging in which members of the National Assembly have privatized the power entrusted to them by the people and abused it as a tool for personal gain. Recent allegations surrounding DemocraticRead More →

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Transparent Society Award The awardees 2015 Kim Nam-kyun (Journalist of Chungcheong Review) Kim Nam-gyun discovered and reported a corruption scandal at Chungcheong Provincial Education Office. He proved the facts and alarmed the public. Due to his coverage, the local government found out about billions of KRW of wasted taxes. BaeRead More →

UNGC Network Korea Workshop 2014

UNGC Network Korea Workshop 2014 A workshop by UNGC Network in Korea was held on October 15, 2014 from 1:30 to 6pm at Seoul Global Center in Seoul. In this half-day affair, the ambassador of the UK opened it with his encouraging remarks and pointed out the necessity and strongRead More →

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 →