By Kwaak Je-yup
Private legal practices are not the only competitive recruiters of the judiciary system’s former employees.
At least 76 ex-judges and prosecutors are currently working as non-executive directors in the country’s 100 largest corporations, according to the Financial Supervisory Service’s data.
As civil servants, 47 of them had some of highest-ranking legal posts like chief judge and chief prosecutor, including 19 at the vice minister level or higher.
Many see this phenomenon as harmful, with a potential for regulatory capture, given the cozy nature of the legal circles here, but their