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As Korea dismantles prosecutors’ investigative role, victims confront a longer and more complicated path to justice

The new criminal justice system may leave victims facing repeated police reinvestigations, agency handoffs and delays exceeding 11 months.

2026.10.7

New prosecution agencies launch without leaders or staff (KOR)

Korea's prosecution overhaul begins with leadership vacancies, staffing gaps and warnings of disruption to serious-crime investigations.

2026.10.1

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New prosecution agencies launch without leaders or staff

Korea's prosecution overhaul begins with leadership vacancies, staffing gaps and warnings of disruption to serious-crime investigations.

2026.9.30

검찰청 폐지와 공소청·중대범죄수사청(중수청) 출범을 앞둔 29일 서울 서초구 대검찰청에 검찰 로고가 지워져 흔적이 남아있다. 김종호 기자 20260929

Administrative costs to change prosecution service approach $5 million

The Justice Ministry is allocating 6.5 billion won to remove prosecution signage and symbols on government buildings, with additional costs expected to update subway maps, public signs and other infrastructure nationwide.

2026.9.30

New acting prosecutor general takes office

Lee Jeong-hyun pledged to protect victims and address staffing shortages as questions persist over cases involving President Lee Jae Myung.

2026.9.23

Can new justice agencies function amid leadership vacuum? (KOR)

With new prosecution and serious-crime agencies set to launch Oct. 2, key posts, staffing and public guidance remain unresolved.

2026.9.22

Can new justice agencies function amid leadership vacuum?

With new prosecution and serious-crime agencies set to launch Oct. 2, key posts, staffing and public guidance remain unresolved.

2026.9.21

A barrier is seen lowered on the entrance to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho District, southern Seoul on Sept. 28. [YONHAP]

'Unconstitutional': Shocked politicians, prosecutors resist Friday's bill as debate continues

The aftershocks are continuing from the National Assembly’s passage of a bill to abolish the Prosecution Service, led by the Democratic Party (DP) on Friday.

2025.9.29

President Moon Jae-in, left, and Kim Jin-wook, head of the new Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, pose for a photograph at the Blue House on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Corruption-slaying CIO officially starts up

Korea launched an independent anticorruption agency with vast authority to crack down on erring high-ranking officials, a milestone in a decades-long campaign to rebalance the country’s law enforcement agencies.

2021.1.21