SEOUL, January 13 (AJP) - About four in 10 South Koreans consider most public institutions to be corrupt, a recent survey reveals.
The state-run Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission surveyed about 1,400 adults, 700 businesspeople, 630 experts, 400 foreigners and 1,400 civil servants last year and released its results on Tuesday.
The two-round, large-scale survey conducted in June and October last year found that roughly 39.1 percent of respondents saw the public sector as corrupt, up 3.6 percentage points from a similar survey the previous year.
Out of about a dozen administrative areas, most respondents rated justice and prosecution as the most corrupt, while experts pointed to construction and housing as the worst.
Most respondents said that South Korean society is corrupt, but opinions differed by group. Experts and civil servants named political parties, businesspeople the mass media, and foreigners religious organizations.
About half of South Koreans or 50.3 percent also cited unfairness in South Korean society, much higher than other respondents in different groups.
Compared with the previous year, more respondents said corruption and social unfairness had improved or would improve further, with many citing the government's anti-corruption policies as effective.
The state-run Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission surveyed about 1,400 adults, 700 businesspeople, 630 experts, 400 foreigners and 1,400 civil servants last year and released its results on Tuesday.
The two-round, large-scale survey conducted in June and October last year found that roughly 39.1 percent of respondents saw the public sector as corrupt, up 3.6 percentage points from a similar survey the previous year.
Out of about a dozen administrative areas, most respondents rated justice and prosecution as the most corrupt, while experts pointed to construction and housing as the worst.
Most respondents said that South Korean society is corrupt, but opinions differed by group. Experts and civil servants named political parties, businesspeople the mass media, and foreigners religious organizations.
About half of South Koreans or 50.3 percent also cited unfairness in South Korean society, much higher than other respondents in different groups.
Compared with the previous year, more respondents said corruption and social unfairness had improved or would improve further, with many citing the government's anti-corruption policies as effective.
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