Add police chiefs to CIO's investigative jurisdiction (KOR) Expanding the jurisdiction of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to include precinct chiefs would help check a police force gaining broader investigative authority. 2026.8.18
Add police chiefs to CIO's investigative jurisdiction Expanding the jurisdiction of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to include precinct chiefs would help check a police force gaining broader investigative authority. 2026.8.16
Presidential office rejects calls for return of Korean envoy to Australia The presidential office said Monday it would be "inappropriate" for Lee Jong-sup to return from Canberra, standing by its controversial appointment of the former defense minister as the new ambassador to Australia. 2024.3.18
CIO has little to show but losses as first chief prosecutor retires The first chief prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), Kim Jin-wook, will retire on Jan. 20, completing his three-year term. The CIO has trodden a bump road since its establishment in January 2021. 2024.1.8
CIO's alleged improper surveillance targeted members of PPP fan club Allegations about improper surveillance by the state anti-corruption investigation office have escalated to suspicions of a targeted inspection, after it was found that the watchdog looked at telephone records of fan club members of Yoon Suk-yeol. 2022.1.16
Off on the wrong foot The new Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) has provoked controversy by inserting a provocative clause into its work guidelines. Announcing the guidelines on Tuesday, the special law enforcement... 2021.5.4
Ruling party steamrolls CIO bill through Assembly The National Assembly passed a controversial bill Thursday about a powerful new corruption investigation agency, which was strongly protested by the main opposition party. 2020.12.10
Ruling party withdraws pick for CIO nomination committee The ruling party has withdrawn its appointment of a lawyer to a committee that will recommend candidates to lead a new investigation agency, following media reports that he represented an alleged sex offender. 2020.7.14
DP starts nomination process for candidates to lead CIO The ruling party on Monday started the process to recommend candidates to head the new investigation agency for senior public servants, despite ongoing protests from the opposition. 2020.7.13
![Members of the splinter New Future Party call for former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup to be recalled as new ambassador to Australia amid an ongoing investigation into a Marine's death last year as they hold a protest in front of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12005001.jpg?imageId=12005001&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials' (CIO) signboard on its headquarters building. CIO changed its logo and signboard in August 2022. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11263125.jpg?imageId=11263125&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Rep. Jun Joo-hyae, center, of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), flanked by PPP Rep. Thae Yong-ho, left, and legal adviser Kwon Oh-hyeon, walks up to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul on Jan. 13, to deliver a complaint accusing Kim Jin-wook, chief of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), and others of abusing their power by surveilling 93 PPP representatives and making bogus reports. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11726698.jpg?imageId=11726698&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Ruling Democratic Party lawmakers cheer while the People Power Party members shout out their protests as the National Assembly passes a controversial bill Thursday revising the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) law to remove the veto power of the main opposition party in the process of selecting the CIO chief. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10374297.jpg?imageId=10374297&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Democratic Party (DP) on Monday names Kim Jong-cheol, a law professor at Yonsei University, left, and Chang Sung-keun, a lawyer, as members of the nomination committee to recommend candidates to head the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials to the president. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11181321.jpg?imageId=11181321&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)