Yoon Seok-yeol, Prosecutor General, Urges Prosecutors to "Engrave and Practice the Spirit of the Constitution in Their Hearts"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol urged newly appointed prosecutors to "engrave the spirit of the Constitution in their hearts and become prosecutors who practice it."

On the 11th at 5 p.m., Prosecutor General Yoon made these remarks at the commissioning ceremony for new prosecutors held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office building in Seocho-dong.

Yoon said, "The criminal law enforcement authority we exercise is granted by the people, so it must be used solely for the people and to protect them," adding, "Always be a prosecutor who seeks to understand the will of the people and strives to practice the spirit of the Constitution."

He also emphasized "protection and consideration for socially vulnerable groups."

He stated, "The recent problematic digital sex crimes are anti-civilizational crimes that destroy the lives of socially vulnerable women and youth," and urged, "Please investigate digital sex crimes you encounter during your work more thoroughly and respond strictly."

Furthermore, Prosecutor General Yoon requested the new prosecutors to be "prosecutors who continuously learn and reflect," as well as "upright, honest, and healthy prosecutors."

Meanwhile, at the commissioning ceremony, 70 new prosecutors who passed the 9th bar exam from law school graduates were newly appointed as prosecutors.

The Ministry of Justice announced their new appointments and stated that they will be provisionally assigned to 24 frontline prosecutors' offices, including the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, and after completing practical training, they will be officially assigned in line with the regular personnel reshuffle in the first half of next year.

This appointment of 70 is the largest scale since the first appointment of 42 law school graduate prosecutors (1st bar exam passers) in April 2012. This number excludes prosecutors from military legal officers and experienced prosecutors from lawyer backgrounds.

The Ministry of Justice explained that the selection process included document screening verifying academic achievement and expertise, practical record evaluation, personality tests verifying public service ethics, ethical awareness, and human rights awareness, a three-stage competency evaluation, and organizational competency evaluation.

Additionally, to enhance objectivity and fairness, a "blind test" method was conducted during competency evaluations, where all personal information of applicants was withheld from evaluators.

Among the newly selected prosecutors, there are individuals with diverse professional backgrounds.

Certified public accountants, patent attorneys, Korean medicine doctors, pharmacists, and public enterprise employees (Deposit Insurance Corporation) were selected.

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