The ACRC, as an agency governing Korea’s anti-corruption policies, has carried out multi-dimensional efforts in the international community to enhance the country’s performance on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI).

Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui) had a working-level meeting with the Transparency International (TI) in Berlin, Germany on November 8-9 to promote sustainable improvement of the CPI.

The CPI measures a country’s level of public sector corruption, which is the key to economic development and enhancement of national image, according to an industry-academy research center of the Seoul National University.

At the working-level meeting in Berlin, ACRC team explained Korea’s various anti-corruption policy achievements, such as operation of Anti-Corruption Policy Consultative Council, establishment of Public-Private Council for Transparent Society which is public-private partnership, enactment of the Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest, and revision of the Act on the Prohibition of the Improper Solicitation and Graft.

In response, TI said that Korea’s anti-corruption policy has been highly recognized by the international community including in the recent G20 meeting and expressed its intention to strengthen its cooperation with the ACRC to spread Korea’s cases to countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Director General Han Sam-seok of ACRC Anti-corruption Bureau said, “The International society has now started to recognize Korean government’s anti-corruption reform efforts and achievements so far. With stronger push for anti-corruption efforts, we will make efforts to place the country on the top 20ths in terms of high integrity.”

He added, “With our anti-corruption experiences and expertise, Korea will play a leading role in setting the international anti-corruption policy trend”