Senior public officials' personal assets average 1.94 bln won

Senior public officials' personal assets average 1.94 bln won

Employees of the personnel management ministry go over documents on personal assets, reported by senior public officials, at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on March 29, 2023. A total of 2,037 senior public officials declared an average of 1.94 billion won (US$1.48 million) in personal assets as of the end of last year, with 31.3 percent holding assets worth over 2 billion won, according to the gazette compiled by the Government Ethics Committee. Under an anti-corruption law, senior officials at government agencies, public institutions and national universities, as well as heads of local governments, councils and education offices, are required to report the status of their assets to the committee once a year. (Yonhap)

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