Kim Sang-ho Approved to Work as Advisor at Law Firm Sejong

Kim Sang-ho, the former director of the Presidential Archives, has been cleared by the Government Public Officials Ethics Committee to work as an advisor at the law firm Sejong.
 
The Ministry of Personnel Management announced on the 29th that the Ethics Committee reviewed 88 cases of employment for retired public officials on the 21st, resulting in four employment restrictions and seven disapprovals.
 
Kim, who retired in August, applied for the advisory position at Sejong, and the committee determined that there was no close connection between his previous duties and the firm.
 
The committee also approved the employment of a retired senior official from the Office for Government Policy Coordination as an advisor at LG Management Development Institute, as well as a former high-ranking official from the Prime Minister's Office as an outside director at T-Money. Additionally, a former senior official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy was approved to work as a full-time advisor at Samsung Global Research.
 
Conversely, the committee did not approve the employment of a retired senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as a part-time advisor at the law firm Jipyeong, citing a lack of legal grounds for approval. The applications for the positions of chairman at the Daegu Public Facilities Management Corporation by a retired local official from Daegu and a standing auditor at Korea Midland Power by a retired local official from the Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Council were also disapproved.
 
Four cases, including applications from a retired rear admiral and a second-level civil servant from the Ministry of National Defense for part-time advisory and safety director positions at Korea Aerospace Industries, were restricted due to recognized job relevance.
 
The Ethics Committee has requested fines from the relevant court for five cases where individuals began employment without undergoing the required pre-employment review.