The popular voting system can be blamed for last year’s dismal settlement results in civilian cases where the first ruling took an average 473.4 days, more than 60 percent longer than in 2017.
Intentional court delays by the accused also must be strictly regulated.
After the prosecution indicted Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung on charges of third-party bribery in a company’s illegal remittance of money to North Korea, Lee must undergo four trials at the same time.
North Korean hackers have siphoned a massive amount of data from the computer network of South Korean courts over the past two years by implanting a malicious code.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
