Jinwook Kim Chairs First Personnel Committee of the Corruption Investigation Office... "Hope to Achieve Results Based on Spirit of Consensus"

Jinwook Kim, Chief of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Department (Gong-su-cheo) / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Kim Jin-wook, Chief of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Office (Gong-su-cheo), presided over the first meeting of the Gong-su-cheo Personnel Committee and said, "I hope we achieve substantial results based on the spirit of consensus, which is the purpose of forming the Personnel Committee under the Gong-su-cheo Act."

On the afternoon of the 12th, during the opening remarks at the first Personnel Committee meeting held at the Government Gwacheon Complex, Chief Kim stated, "I expect the Personnel Committee to play a supportive role so that outstanding and capable talents can find positions that match their abilities, meeting the expectations and hopes of the people."

The Gong-su-cheo Personnel Committee has the authority to evaluate prosecutor applicants selected through the interview process and recommend them to the President with a majority vote.

On the 7th, Gong-su-cheo completed the formation of a total of seven Personnel Committee members. The committee is chaired by Chief Kim, and includes Deputy Chief Yeo Woon-guk, Lee Young-joo (22nd Judicial Research and Training Institute class), Director of the Human Rights Counseling Center at Seoul National University Human Rights Center, lawyers Yoo Il-jun (21st class), Na Ki-joo (22nd class), Kim Young-jong (23rd class), and Oh Young-jung (39th class). All seven committee members attended the closed-door meeting.

Chief Kim said, "I believe this Personnel Committee meeting, held for the first time since the launch of Gong-su-cheo, holds historical significance," and added, "I will report on the prosecutor appointment plan pursued since the establishment of Gong-su-cheo to the committee members."

He also introduced, "To recruit excellent talents, we adopted an open recruitment method for prosecutor appointments, which started at the end of January. We have completed the announcement, application submission, and document screening stages," and added, "Up to today, we have been conducting reputation checks targeting supervisors, colleagues, and subordinates for the interviewers and committee members to refer to, and the interview exam is upcoming."

He further stated, "Afterwards, we will frankly listen to the committee members' opinions and discuss the agenda related to the review and resolution of prosecutor recommendations."

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