Top judicial conference stresses 'judicial independence' amid growing partisan pressure

Korea’s leading judicial conference, chaired by Kim Ye-young, a senior judge at the Seoul Southern District Court, adopted two agenda items on “judicial independence” for its extraordinary meeting scheduled for Monday.

2025-05-21

Riot police deployed 24/7 at courts after violent protests

Acting President Choi Sang-mok said Wednesday that riot police would be stationed at the Constitutional Court and other courthouses around the clock.

2025-01-22

Supreme Court says acting president has authority to approve justices

The Supreme Court said that appointments of new justices by acting President Han Duck-soo would not violate the Constitution, seemingly greenlighting him to exercise his authority to approve judicial posts.

2024-12-25

PPP storms out of key committee meeting as DP greenlights two special counsel bills

Members of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday after lawmakers from the liberal Democratic Party (DP) greenlit two special counsel probe bills opposed by the government.

2024-09-11

Judiciary too laid-back on North’s cyberattacks

The government must urgently devise a countermeasure for such cyberattacks.

2024-05-12

National Assembly confirms chief justice nominee

The National Assembly confirmed the nomination of Cho Hee-dae as chief justice of the Supreme Court on Friday, ending a 70-day vacancy at the helm of the judiciary.

2023-12-08

Leadership void at Supreme Court as politics stall appointment

The vacuum in the country's top court position comes amid delays in the appointment process for the chief justice nominee, Lee Gyun-ryong, who was tapped to the post by President Yoon Suk Yeol last month after the DP floor leadership resigned.

2023-09-25

Repairing trust in the judiciary is crucial

The next chief justice must do his best to restore the credibility of the judiciary.

2023-08-23

Mr. President must roll up his sleeves again

When Yoon returns to the presidential office on Aug. 9, the people will wonder what he planned during his vacation. We want to see concrete changes soon.

2023-08-07

Rank-and-file prosecutors slam DP's reform bill

Prosecutors emerged from an overnight meeting Wednesday with a statement denouncing the Democratic Party's (DP) bill to strip the state prosecution service of its investigative powers as unconstitutional and damaging to the criminal justice system.

2022-04-20

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