Disgraced former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, leader of the liberal minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party (RKP), is rising as a political phenom, as the exit polls of Wednesday s general elections showed that his party will claim a significant portion of proportional representation seats in the next National Assembly.
A case that involved a high-level prosecutor drafting criminal complaints targeting Democratic Party figures in cooperation with a conservative lawmaker has shined a light on the omerta-like bond among powerful prosecutors, who are increasingly wading into Korea’s political scene
Cho Kuk, a former justice minister during the previous liberal Moon Jae-in administration, announced his bid to create a party and run in the April 10 general elections, despite concerns that his move may aggravate factional infighting in the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK).
Once crusaders for justice, these prosecutors-turned-politicians now shy away from the very cases they once spearheaded investigations into, even apologizing to those they previously indicted
A senior prosecutor indicted for conspiring in 2020 with a then opposition lawmaker to have complaints filed against then ruling camp figures was sentenced to one year in prison by a court Wednesday.