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Gov't officials to face conflict-of-interest screening over single-stock leveraged ETF holdings

The Ministry of Personnel Management introduced a range of civil service reforms, including tighter reviews of financial holdings as well as expanded hiring and career development practices.

2026.8.5

A branch of the National Pension Service located in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Jan. 20, 2022 [YONHAP]

Exclusion of some retirees from basic pension leads to calls for change

More than 30,000 older Koreans receive less than 200,000 won ($135) a month in benefits tied to their past employment in the public and education sector but remain ineligible for the general basic pension.

2026.5.2

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Park Yong-su, vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel Management, briefs reporters on a proposed amendment to the State Public Officials Act at the government complex in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Nov. 25. [NEWS1]

Korea weighs ending 76-year-old mandate that civil servants obey superiors

Korea is preparing to dismantle a decades-old rule that has required civil servants to unconditionally obey orders from their superiors, a reform accelerated by last year’s short-lived declaration of emergency martial law.

2025.11.25

Vitalize officialdom by recruiting from outside

The government organization also must keep up with the fast changes of the times.

2023.7.12

[Editorial] Clear the question over inspection

That’s a sheer waste of taxes. President Yoon must listen to criticism for only trying to tame public servants without taking care of his own relatives.

2023.1.12

Tag: civil service

civil service

Latest News

Gov't officials to face conflict-of-interest screening over single-stock leveraged ETF holdings

Exclusion of some retirees from basic pension leads to calls for change

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Korea weighs ending 76-year-old mandate that civil servants obey superiors

Vitalize officialdom by recruiting from outside

[Editorial] Clear the question over inspection