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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The Prosecutor General Candidate Recommendation Committee will be held on the 16th. It has been 28 days since the public nomination for the Prosecutor General candidates ended on the 19th of last month.

According to the legal community on the 5th, the Ministry of Justice will hold the Prosecutor General Recommendation Committee on the 16th of this month and begin the full-scale selection process for candidates. So far, the Ministry of Justice has been conducting personnel verification procedures on about 10 candidates who were nominated.

The Recommendation Committee is chaired by lawyer Kim Jin-tae, who served as Prosecutor General during the Park Geun-hye administration. The non-ex officio members consist of four people including Chairman Kim: Kwon Young-jun, Standing Advisor of the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice; Kwon Joon-soo, Professor at Seoul National University College of Medicine; and Lee Woo-young, Professor at Seoul National University Law School.

The ex officio members include Kim Hyung-doo, Deputy Director of the Court Administration Office; Lee Jong-yeop, President of the Korean Bar Association; Han Ki-jung, Chairman of the Law School Council; Jung Young-hwan, President of the Korean Law Professors Association; and Shin Ja-yong, Director of the Prosecutor's Office at the Ministry of Justice, totaling five members.

As the selection process for the Prosecutor General is prolonged, it is expected that the first Prosecutor General of the Yoon Seok-youl administration will begin their term only after the implementation of the "Criminal Investigation Authority Reform Act" (검수완박법).

Inside the prosecution, candidates frequently mentioned as strong contenders include Yeo Hwan-seop, Director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (24th class); Kim Hu-gon, Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office (25th class); Lee Doo-bong, Chief Prosecutor of Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office (25th class); Noh Jeong-yeon, Chief Prosecutor of Busan High Prosecutors' Office (25th class); and Lee Won-seok, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (27th class).

Outside the prosecution, former officials such as Han Chan-sik, former Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office (21st class); Bae Seong-beom, former Director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (23rd class); Koo Bon-seon, former Chief Prosecutor of Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office (23rd class); and Cho Nam-gwan, former Director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (24th class) are also mentioned.

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