The system of counteraction to corruption in the Republic of Korea
The object of article is revealing conditions which affected the decrease of level of corruption in the state bodies of the Republic of Korea. The author analyses South Korean system of counteraction to corruption in the state management bodies. The analysis consists of the following stages: • research of functioning of the South Korean Committee on struggle against corruption; • analysis of norms of the South Korean Criminal Code concerning responsibility for corruption crimes; • research of Seoul strategy of the struggle against corruption. The author cites a number of examples of loud corruption rows with participation of high-ranking officials and specifies principal conditions of achieving progress in the struggle against corruption in the Republic of Korea.