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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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 →

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There was an outburst of public rage about the government’s failure to deploy the Tongyeong, a state-of-the-art salvage-and-rescue ship, as soon as the Sewol ferry sank off the southwestern coast in mid-April. So the chief of naval operations eventually ordered his staff to deploy the 3,500-ton vessel, but his instructionRead More →

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T he governing ‘KNACT’ (Korea Network on Anti-Corruption and Transparency), which is composed of public and civil society groups and aims to spread anti-corruption and culture of integrity held its inauguration ceremony on 9 September at the KTX Seoul Station (Seoul, Younsan-gu, Dongja-dong) and opened its vast journey to spreadRead More →

Corruption Fighters' Tool Kit

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This special issue for anti-corruption activities users includes collections of civil society experiences and some emerging methods and approaches when tackling corruption issues in various levels of the society. National Chapters of Transparency International and various civil society organizations globally contributed to this collaborative project.Read More →

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Promoting Compliance to Laws & Political System by constructing a National Integrity System Promoting Compliance to Laws & Political System by Constructing a National Integrity System • Campaign for the revision of election laws • Participate in the Coalition for Anti-Corruption legislation • Rate electoral candidates by voters through participationRead More →