President Yoon Appoints Former Chief Judge Kim Taegyu as Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission

Kim Myung-soo, the Sharpshooter Who Openly Criticized the Judiciary and Geomsuwanbak

President Yoon Suk-yeol announced on the 20th that Kim Tae-gyu, former deputy chief judge of the Busan District Court, has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, according to the Presidential Office.

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] President Yoon Seok-yeol announced on the 20th that he has appointed Kim Tae-gyu, former Chief Judge of the Busan District Court, as the Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, according to the Blue House.

Born in 1967 in Ulsan, Vice Chairman Kim graduated from Yonsei University with a bachelor's and master's degree in law, earned an LL.M. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in the United States, and obtained a Ph.D. in law from Korea Maritime and Ocean University.

Vice Chairman Kim is a graduate of the 28th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and has served as a Constitutional Court Justice, Chief Judge of the Busan District Court, among other positions. He resigned in January last year and has been working as a lawyer since then.

During his tenure as a judge, he attracted media attention by claiming that the judiciary, led by Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo, was politically biased.

After retirement, in May last year, he attended the founding ceremony of the expert forum "People's Coalition for Fairness and Common Sense Restoration," which supported President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was then considered a presidential candidate, expressing "critical support."

In August last year, he posted on his social network service (SNS) raising suspicions of judicial collusion targeting former Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il, who served as an advisor to Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, related to the Daejang-dong development scandal.

Moreover, as a lawyer, he publicly criticized the Democratic Party's "complete prosecution reform" bill.

It is reported that Kim, the new Vice Chairman, was initially nominated as Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission at the beginning of the government but was appointed belatedly after the previous Vice Chairman Lee Jeong-hee expressed her intention to resign earlier last month.

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