국민권익위원회 Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission

ACRC Korea Transparency Newsletter (May. 2022)

▷ ACRC Major Achievements for the Past 5 Years and the Way Forward

 - For the past five years, ACRC has led the efforts to preventing corrupt practices and swiftly resolving infringements on people’s rights and interests caused by unreasonable administrative actions

▷ ACRC Set to Implement the Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest Related to Duties of Public Servants to Which 2 Million Public Officials in About 15,000 Institutions are Subject

 - Anyone can file a report on violations of the Act and reporters will receive thorough protection and rewards of up to 3 billion won

▷ ACRC Actively Promotes Anti-Corruption Policy Achievements Including Enactment of the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act in International Community to Improve National Integrity

 - ACRC delegation paid an official visit to have in-person meetings with experts of the Economist Intelligence Unit in London, UK and the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Gütersloh, Germany to introduce Korea's best anti-corruption policy institutions

▷ ACRC, “Anti-Corruption Education Completion Ratio Among Public Officials Reached 95 Percent Last Year… Showing a Steady Increase”

 - Anti-corruption education completion rates for elected local government heads (70%) and local council members (77.8%) were relatively low

▷ ACRC, “ Complaint Big Data Containing Voices of the People will be Used by National Assembly in Developing Public Policies”

 - Korea National Complaint Map visualizes region-specific complaint issues based on analysis of 1,500 complaint big data