Woo Jongsu, Head of National Police Agency, Retires... "Trusted Police Must Not Stand Still"

Woo Jong-su, head of the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency, has retired after serving a two-year term.

Woo Jong-su, Chief of the National Investigation Headquarters, National Police Agency. Photo by Yonhap News

In his retirement speech on the 28th, Director Woo said, "I wanted to create better investigative conditions and environments so that we could focus solely on investigations, but there are still unresolved challenges," adding, "Our efforts to establish a more just, fair, and trusted investigative police force must not stop here."

Director Woo stated, "All members of our investigative police must not forget that we are riding a two-wheeled bicycle that will fall if we stop, not a comfortable car," and expressed hope that "we continuously ponder and move forward step by step in line with the changes of the times."

Director Woo was appointed as the second head of the National Investigation Headquarters in March 2023. He joined the police in 1999 through a special recruitment from the 38th Administrative Examination and has served as Director of the Criminal Affairs Bureau of the National Police Agency, Deputy Commissioner of Investigation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and Deputy Commissioner of the National Police Agency.

The head of the National Investigation Headquarters holds the rank of Police Commissioner, directly below the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, and serves a single two-year term. Since a successor has not yet been appointed, Kim Byung-chan, Director of the Investigation Bureau of the National Police Agency, will temporarily act as the head.

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