The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea (SPO) is a governmental prosecutor organization in South Korea and is run under the Ministry of Justice. As a national representative of prosecutors, the Office works with the Supreme Court of Korea and below.

The Prosecutor General of South Korea (Korean: 검찰총장; Hanja: 檢察總長; RR: Geomchal chongjang) is the head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea.

Nov 30, 2017 · The training programme consisted of lectures on Korea’s Prosecution system, its criminal asset recovery, criminal asset tracing and international law enforcement cooperation; workshops for hypothetical case studies; and presentations by each participating jurisdiction. The international cooperation center at the SPO is working as a

Aug 11, 2024 · Shim, 53, has been tapped to be the new prosecution chief who will replace Prosecutor General Lee One-seok, according to presidential chief of staff Chung Jin-suk. Lee's two-year term will end next month.

Kim Oh-soo (Korean: 김오수; born January 9, 1963) is a South Korean prosecutor who has served as the Prosecutor General from 2021 to 2022. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Justice from 2018 to 2020, and briefly the interim Minister of Justice following the resignation of Cho Kuk .

Sep 19, 2024 · Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung began his two-year term on September 16. Shim, who received his appointment letter from the presidential office on the 18th, will be sworn in at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 19th.

Aug 18, 2022 · President Yoon Suk-yeol named Lee One-seok, deputy chief of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, to his former job as prosecutor general Thursday.

1 day ago · In a wide-ranging interview, the former president of South Korea discusses his fateful choice to appoint Yoon Suk-yeol as prosecutor general, the path forward for Korea’s Democrats, and how to ...

May 3, 2021 · President Moon Jae-in named former Vice Justice Minister Kim Oh-soo as the new chief of South Korea's prosecution service, Cheong Wa Dae said.

Jan 30, 2025 · Yoon Suk-Yeol (born December 18, 1960, Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean lawyer and public official who served as prosecutor general (2019–21) and president (2022–24) of South Korea. On December 3, 2024, he declared martial law , ostensibly to combat “pro-North Korean” elements in the government, but he reversed himself just hours ...