TI-Korea-KEITI Memorandum of Understanding
Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) and Transparency International Korea (TI-K) (hereinafter “Two Parties”) have agreed to enter into this Agreement on Cooperation in the Practice of Anti-Corruption and Transparency to promote sustainable development of each Party and promise to create a transparent society based on mutual endeavors. ArticleRead More →
TI-K On Leaked Military Secrets, The Retired Researchers from the Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
Recently, it was exposed that the retired researchers from the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) have been leaking military secrets. So, the ADD has assured us to take the matter seriously and provide an adequate policy to prevent later incidents. However, it is seemingly that the ADD identifies the problemRead More →
A Call for an Increase in Civil Society’s Transparency
[INTERVIEW] A CALL FOR AN INCREASE IN CIVIL SOCIETY’S TRANSPARENCY: KOREAN COUNCIL EMBEZZLEMENT SCANDAL Program: CPBC (Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation) Radio <Yeollin Sesang Oneul> Host: Yoon, Jae-Sun Interviewee: You, Han-Beom, Executive Director of Transparency International Korea Corruption could be prevented if the information on its activities is voluntarily made publicRead More →
Anti-money Laundering policy with international standards must be adopted immediately
We should adopt an Anti-money Laundering policy which complies with international standards, immediately. 4. Mar. 2020. In April, the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has published the Mutual Evaluation Report of the Republic of Korea (Korea) on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures, which was processed from January 2019 toRead More →
TI-Korea CPI 2019 Press Release
TI-Korea CPI 2019 Press Release January 23, 2020 Transparency International-Korea Report on South Korea’s transparency from the 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI 2019) “We must promote a sustainable and systematic anti-corruption policy more strongly and rise to a more developed country.” South Korea ranks 39th out of 180 countries inRead More →
WHY WE ARE NOT ENGAGING WITH THE G20’S CIVIL SOCIETY PROCESS IN 2020
WHY WE ARE NOT ENGAGING WITH THE G20’S CIVIL SOCIETY PROCESS IN 2020 A joint public statement from Amnesty International, CIVICUS and Transparency International Issued by Transparency International Secretariat The annual G20 summit often seems like a talking shop for the world’s most powerful governments. The leaders of 19 ofRead More →
19th Transparent Society Awards 2019
19th Transparent Society Awards 2019 Transparency International – Korea announced Transparent Society Award Winners of 2019 Award Recipients: Kwon Jong-Hyun (a school teacher who got fired for reporting school integrity-related irregularities) Im Eun-Jung (a prosecutor who criticized the unfair prosecutions of defendants) Major (…) Lee (the first recognized whistleblower byRead More →
Global Defense Integrity Forum
Global Defense Integrity Forum Presented by: Sun-hi Lee, TI-Korea Chairperson As an ex-minister of DAPA and the current chair of TI-Korea, I would like to present my personal view on the following questions. Besides the findings of GI by DI-DSP, there are more analyses on corruption risks in the KoreanRead More →
The 20th Anniversary of Transparency Korea and Supporters’ Night
Date and time: 30th of August, 6.30PM Venue: Seoul National Defence Convention Transparency Korea (Chairperson Sun-Hee Lee) will hold its 20th anniversary ceremony and supporters’ night at 6:30PM on August 30th (Friday) at the large ballroom of Seoul National Defence Convention. Founded in August 1999, Transparency Korea was confirmedRead More →
Anti-corruption Efforts in the Defense Agency of Technology and Quality – an Interview
Anti-corruption Efforts in the Defense Agency of Technology and Quality – an Interview Interview by You Han-Beom, Board Member, TI-Korea On March 12, 2018, you were inaugurated as a president of the Defense Agency of Technology and Quality. Can you tell us a bit about the agency? The DefenseRead More →