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Sweating because of corruption

21 October 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Civil society, Education, People power, Young people

Attending a Youth anti-corruption award ceremony at the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in Korea turned out to be a sweaty event. Normally, travelling in Asia as soon as you enter a public building temperatures drop to below 20 degrees and one worries about catching a cold. Not this time. Last week, South Korea ordered […]

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In wake of scandal, will South Korean politicians pledge a new start?

23 July 2012 in Accountability, Asia Pacific, Politics and government, Private sector, Young people

Corruption is high on the South Korean agenda right now. Last week police said they were investigating a large-scale corruption case involving 30 government bodies. Two weeks ago the brother of South Korea’s president, himself a senior politician, was charged with accepting $525,000 in bribes from two struggling savings banks. We, Transparency International South Korea, […]

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