South Korea's Ministry of Justice said on the 13th that it has formed a recommendation committee to select the first prosecutor general of the new Public Prosecution Service. The committee will be chaired by Moon Moo-il, a former prosecutor general.
The panel consists of nine members — five ex officio members and four appointed members. The ex officio members are Ki Woo-jong, vice minister of the National Court Administration; Kim Jeong-wook, president of the Korean Bar Association; Choi Bong-kyung, president of the Korean Association of Law Professors; Kim Hyun-soo, chairman of the Korean Association of Law Schools; and Lee Eung-chul, director general of the Criminal Justice Bureau at the Ministry of Justice. The appointed members are Moon, former Seoul National University Vice President Yeo Jeong-seong, Semyung University professor Shim Suk-tae and Baek Myung-jae, head of the Seoul Seobu Smile Center.
The committee will accept public nominations for candidates from the 14th through the 21st. Any individual, corporation or organization may submit a nomination. Eligible candidates must have at least 15 years of legal experience as a judge, prosecutor or attorney. Those who are qualified as attorneys and have handled legal affairs at state agencies or corporations, or have served as an assistant professor of law or higher at a university, also qualify.
Once the committee screens candidates and recommends at least three names, the justice minister will nominate a candidate for prosecutor general based on those recommendations.