Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik said "the public has suffered for decades due to illegal and unjust preferential treatment for retirees of public institutions," ordering the recovery of unjust gains and a request for investigation into violations of law. He also directed the Ministry of Economy and Finance to conduct a comprehensive inspection of similar cases across all public institutions and to prepare measures to prevent such retiree privileges.
Presidential Deputy Spokesperson Ahn Gui-ryeong said in a written briefing Tuesday that Kang issued these instructions to the relevant ministries at a meeting of senior presidential secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae.
Kang specifically referred to the case of "Doseonghoe," a group of retirees from the Korea Expressway Corporation, which has operated highway rest areas and distributed excessive profits in a manner inconsistent with its founding purpose. He reportedly described the practice as "an act that abandons the responsibilities of a public institution."
Kang also directed the preparation of measures addressing illegal online gambling among adolescents. In particular, he judged that the "Youth Gambling Voluntary Reporting System," currently operated by eight metropolitan and provincial police agencies including the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, has been highly effective in lowering recidivism rates, and instructed the Korean National Police Agency to actively review expanding the system nationwide.
He also urged related agencies, including the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Education, to devise concrete measures to raise voluntary reporting rates, such as mitigation of penalties or easing of disciplinary actions within schools.
