In most common law jurisdictions,the attorney general or attorney-general is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions,attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enforcement,prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally. In practice,the extent to which the attorney general personally provides legal advice to the government varies between jurisdictions,and even between individual office-holders within the same jurisdiction,often depending on the level and nature of the office-holder's prior legal experience.
The president of the Republic of Korea,also known as the president of South Korea (Korean: 대통령),is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council,and is the chief of the executive branch of the national government as well as the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
South Korea has a relatively unified and integrated approach to law enforcement. For example,the National Police Agency (NPA) provides all general policing services throughout the country. Due to the unitary system,local police organizations are directly under the NPA.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. The title is used mainly in jurisdictions that are or have been members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Gwangyang is a city in South Jeolla Province,South Korea. Gwangyang city is the home of POSCO's Gwangyang Steel Works,the largest facility of its kind in the world. The city is also home to K League Classic football side Jeonnam Dragons.
The National Intelligence Service is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency,during the rule of President Park Chung-hee's military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction,which displaced the Second Republic of Korea. The original duties of the KCIA were to supervise and coordinate both international and domestic intelligence activities and criminal investigations by all government intelligence agencies,including that of the military. The agency's broad powers allowed it to actively intervene in politics. Agents undergo years of training and checks before they are officially inducted and receive their first assignments.
Kang Woo-suk is a South Korean film producer and director. He has often been called the most powerful man in Korean cinema,topping Cine21 magazine's list of '50 Most Powerful Men in Korean Cinema' for seven consecutive years from 1998 to 2004.
The Government of South Korea is the national government of the Republic of Korea,created by the Constitution of South Korea as the executive,legislative and judicial authority of the republic. The president acts as the head of state and is the highest figure of executive authority in the country,followed by the prime minister and government ministers in decreasing order.
Kim Kwan-jin is Chief of the Office of National Security,a position to which he was appointed in 2014. He was previously the 33rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean armed forces and the Minister of National Defense.
The Unjust is a 2010 South Korean action crime film by Ryoo Seung-wan. It is a dark and bitter denunciation of corruption in the South Korean justice system.
The 2012 NIS public opinion manipulation scandal saw members of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea accused of interfering in the South Korean presidential election,2012. First,an agent of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) was alleged to have manipulated public opinion to help Park Geun-hye's presidential election under the command of the NIS. Second,the director of the agency commanded an NIS agent to manipulate public opinion. Suspicions were raised before the election,but were not verified until afterwards.
Seung H-Sang is a South Korean architect who studied at Seoul National University and Technische Universitaet in Wien. After working for Kim Swoo-geun from 1974 to 1989,he established his own office IROJE architects&planners in 1989.
Hong Jin-Ki was an entrepreneurial journalist and South Korean high-ranking official of the Syngman Rhee government who served as the 9th Ministry of Justice from 1958 to 1960.
Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general and military dictator who ruled as an unelected strongman from 1979 to 1980 before replacing Choi Kyu-hah as president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988.
Suh Hoon is a South Korean government official who served as the Director of National Security Office from 2020 to 2022 and previously as the director of the National Intelligence Service from 2017 to 2020.
Partners for Justice is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Jung Jae-young and Jeong Yu-mi. The first series aired on MBC in May 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST) time slot. In October 2018,MBC announced that it was renewed for a second season,which premiered in 2019. Kang Seung-hyun and No Min-woo were announced as second series leads. It aired on MBC from June 3 to July 29,2019.
Yoon Suk-yeol is a South Korean politician who has been serving as the 13th and current president of South Korea since 2022. Prior to his presidency,he served as the prosecutor general of South Korea between 2019 and 2021.
Undercover is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Song Hyun-wook and starring Ji Jin-hee,Kim Hyun-joo,Jung Man-sik,and Heo Joon-ho. Based on BBC drama series of the same name,it portrays the story of Han Jeong-hyeon,an agent at the National Intelligence Service,and a Human Rights lawyer,Choi Yeon-soo. It aired on JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) from April 23 to June 12,2021. The series is also available on streaming media TVING in South Korea. Kim Hyun-joo and Ji Jin-hee previously starred together in Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest (2004) and I Have a Lover (2015).
The National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea’s illegal eavesdropping case occurred during the Kim Dae-Jung administration when the National Intelligence Service was wiretapping civilians and the opposite political party’s politicians. It was revealed by the Grand National Party lawmaker Chung Hyung-Geun in October 2002,and was considered an election disclosure ahead of the presidential election;however,three years of the investigation confirmed that the allegation of NIS wiretapping was true. In December 2000,during the so-called 'Kwon No-gap's resignation scandal',the phone conversations of young Democratic Party lawmakers and those involved in Jin Seung-Hyun's gate were wiretapped. At the time of Choi Kyu-sun's gate in 2000,it was confirmed that Choi Kyu-sun's business operations,money and women relations,and the details of personnel appointments of high-ranking officials such as the NIS director were also wiretapped.
