Republic of Korea Country Profile
Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry
Business Corruption
In practice, company inspections by government officials to ensure public environmental standards are not always carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner, as reported by Global Integrity 2009. Moreover, bribes are occasionally extracted from companies in return for favourable treatment or expedited processing.
Political Corruption
In a 2008 press release by Transparency International (TI) Korea, in which it urged the government to put efforts into increasing accountability and transparency in the public sector of water supply in Korea. TI Korea has also warned that the governmental draft on privatisation of tap water and inducement of private investment could serve as a new cause of corruption.
