Challenging the Power of the Prosecution? The First Phase of the Establishment of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (Kowigongjikchabŏmjoesusach'ŏ) in the Republic of Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-300
Author(s):  
Gwendolyn Domning
Keyword(s):  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
State Legitimacy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

The Republic of Korea has shown a strong political will to develop its anti-corruption capacities. Research argues that corruption has been - and still is - an issue for the Korean political system before and after its democratization. Even after substantial legal developments in the anti-corruption field, trust in state institutions and actors has not improved much. The Korean parliament decided in 2019 on the creation of a permanent Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in hopes of eradicating corruption. The CIO is an independent institution in charge of investigating and indicting cases of corruption committed by high-level officials, with a special focus on law professionals. After many controversies and some revisions, it started operating in January 2021. In the context of studying the role and development of anti-corruption laws in the world, research on anti-corruption institutions can contribute to our understanding of corruption in context. In this article, the creation of anti-corruption agencies is seen as part of state legitimacy building process. How is the CIO, which aims to reduce corruption, contributing to state legitimacy? Looking at performance and process-based legitimacy, the article centers its analysis on the first version of the CIO and argues that the institution provides new anti-corruption ‘services’ on one side and strengthens state accountability mechanisms on the other. First, institutional analysis shows that new capacities are added to the state-led anti-corruption activity field, mainly limited investigation, and indictment rights. Second, context analysis focusing on corruption scandals involving law professionals argues that the government builds process legitimacy by being responsive to public criticism and pushing for the creation of the CIO.

Stimulating the economy in the Republic of Korea in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
I. Korgun ◽  
S. Sutyrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Situation ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

This article discusses the measures of the government of the Republic of Korea to overcome the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows what programs are being adopted to stabilize the social situation, normalize business activity and create conditions for the development of new sectors of the economy. An attempt is also made to suggest how relations with foreign economic partners may change in the post-tandem period.

scholarly journals We Will Feed Our and a New World: Several Cases of Food Ways of Frontier Regions. Part 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-184
Author(s):  
Serguey N. Yakushenkov
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Food System ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Cuisine ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Cultural Types

This article is the second part of the study of regional foodways. If the first part is devoted to the analysis of the foodscape of Astrakhan, the second part analyzes the food system of the Republic of Peru. The choice of this object of study is based on the frontier nature of the region, the diversity of economic and cultural types, and hybridity. All these factors allow us to compare the ways of formation of the foodways of these regions. The Peruvian alimentary landscape began to form in the 16th century, after the conquest of Peru by the Spanish conquistadors. As a result of mutual influences and struggles between elements of autochthonous and alien cultures, a new "hybrid" phenomenon takes shape. The turning point in the development of national cuisine was in the 1930s, when, as a result of gastropolitical strategies, the government managed to create a food system accessible to the workers of large cities. The opening of “people's restaurants” allowed workers to have calorie-dense food. It also contributed to the creation of a national food system. The search for national identity among the Peruvian elite led to the “discovery” of their national roots. The fact that Peruvian culture was based on natural and ethnic diversity made the country's alimentary system diverse and rich. This process coincided with global trends in the approach to food in the sense of a focus on “simple” and “healthy” peasant foods, as opposed to foods undergone of maximum processing. Ultimately, this was manifested in the creation of a “new Andean cuisine” that embraced Peru's centuries-old traditions and the country's natural diversity. In doing so, Peruvian restaurateurs used both familiar approaches to business and invented new ones that went beyond the culinary arts. As a result of the efforts of many culinary masters and restaurateurs, in competition with internationally renowned culinary brands, a new global culinary brand has been created, recognized around the world.

Development of Commercial Law in the Slovak Republic - Outline of problems

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Mojmír Mamojka ◽  
Jacek Dworzecki
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Independent State ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The article concerns the issue of trade law in the context of its evolution and the current realities of its being in force in Republic of Slovakia. In the paper the authors present an historical view of the creation of legal regulations about trade from ancient times to present days. In the first part of the paper the political system and its components are discussed. The reader will be able to acquaint themselves with the functioning of the apparatus of executive power (the government and ministries), legislative power (the parliament consisting of 150 members) and judiciary (independent courts and prosecutors) in the Republic of Slovakia. Moreover, this part of the article provides information about practical aspects of the creation of selected components of the constitutional legal order (e.g. parliamentary elections). In the second part, the paper covers the evolution of trade law over the centuries, approaches to regulations in Mesopotamia, based on, inter alia, the Code of Hammurabi, and also in ancient Egypt and Greece. Tracing the development of trade law over the centuries, the authors also present the evolution of legal regulations in this field in the XIX century, with particular reference to France, Germany and Austria-Hungary (especially the territory which today forms the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic). In the last part of the article, the forming of regulations of trade law in Czechoslovakia from 1918 and during subsequent periods which created the history of that country, to the overthrow communism and the peaceful division of the state in 1993 into two separate, independent state organisms – the Czech Republic and Slovakia - is approached.

scholarly journals Unrecognized states: legal and economic aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
V. N. Goncharov ◽  
V. A. Glazkov ◽  
A. V. Bondarchuk
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Military Conflicts ◽  
Before And After ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Political Economic

Introduction. The transformational processes that are taking place in the world lead to the creation of new relationships and institutions. The problem is the creation of an unrecognized or partially recognized States is happening everywhere and is still relevant for many centuries. Their emergence is caused by political, economic, ethnic, cross-cultural and other problems, ignoring which can lead to social explosions and military conflicts. Currently, no territory is immune from the possibility of external incitement of conflicts, which has become possible in the context of digitalization of society.Materials and methods. In the course of the research, a set of approaches and methods that are used in the framework of legal science was applied – General, General scientific, special methods of cognition: dialectical, logical,formal legal. The specificity of the research subject led to the use of a comparative approach.Results. The authors compare socio-economic indicators of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of South Ossetia, the people’s Republic of Karabakh, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, the Luhansk people’s Republic and the Donetsk people’s Republic. Special attention is paid to comparing the size of territories and the population of unrecognized States before and after the conflict. Analytical information is provided on the formation of the budget of unrecognized republics and the number of people who have adopted the citizenship of the Russian Federation.Discussion and conclusion. The authors conclude that unrecognized States have all the opportunities not only to preserve, but also to increase their economic potential.

scholarly journals Mongolian Labor Migration to Republic of Korea in Recent Historical Period: Forced Mobility and Social Event

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 359-380
Author(s):  
I. G. Aktamov ◽  
Yu. G. Grigoreva
Keyword(s):  
Labor Migration ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The issues of the reasons, factors and features of labor migration of Mongolian citizens to the Republic of Korea in the post-socialist period of the country’s development are considered. The results of a comparative analysis of the data of official statistics, government bodies of Mongolia and the Republic of Korea, as well as international organizations are presented. A review of scientific works on this issue by domestic, Mongolian, South Korean authors is carried out. The relevance of the study is due to the need to analyze migration processes, which in the near future will determine the socio-economic development of the states of Northeast Asia, taking into account the age, professional, gender characteristics of the “receiving” and “arriving” communities. It has been proven that the government of Mongolia pays great attention to migration policy, which emphasizes the migration of Mongolian citizens to the Republic of Korea. The authors identified the main factors influencing migration flows, and also determined the mechanisms of state regulation in the recent historical period. In the conclusion, the results of the analysis carried out on the problem and the prospects for the development of the study are formulated, including in the field of studying migration flows from the border regions of the Russian Federation. 

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