Gwangju City Receives Dishonor of 'Lowest Integrity Rating' by Anti-Corruption Commission for 2 Consecutive Years

Basic Local Governments: Dong and Buk Districts Rated Grade 2, Seo, Nam, and Gwangsan Districts Rated Grade 4

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] In the Integrity Survey conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Gwangju Metropolitan City received the lowest grade of 5 for the second consecutive year, following last year.

On the 9th, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission evaluated and announced the comprehensive integrity scores by reflecting the survey results from 580 public institutions nationwide, including responses from citizens with experience working with public institutions (external integrity) and public officials within those institutions (internal integrity), as well as the occurrence of corruption incidents.

As a result, Gwangju Metropolitan City received the lowest grade, 5, in comprehensive integrity. For external integrity, it received the same grade 4 as last year, while internal integrity improved by one grade to 4 compared to last year.

Among the basic local governments, Dong-gu and Buk-gu in Gwangju received grade 2, whereas Seo-gu, Nam-gu, and Gwangsan-gu received grade 4.

Dong-gu recorded grade 2 for both external and internal integrity for two consecutive years starting last year.

Seo-gu dropped one grade in comprehensive and external integrity compared to last year, but internal integrity rose by one grade.

Nam-gu received grade 4 in comprehensive integrity for the second consecutive year, with internal integrity at grade 4 and external integrity improving by one grade to 3 compared to last year.

Buk-gu, which improved by one grade to receive grade 2 in comprehensive integrity, dropped one grade to 3 in external integrity compared to last year, while internal integrity rose by one grade to 2.

Gwangsan-gu's comprehensive integrity dropped by one grade to 4 compared to last year, external integrity fell dramatically by three grades to the lowest grade 5, and internal integrity remained at grade 3, the same as last year.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education received grade 3 in comprehensive integrity, the same as last year. It also maintained grade 3 in external integrity and improved by two grades to 3 in internal integrity compared to last year.

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