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국민권익위, 부패·공익신고 보상금 17억 3천여만 원 지급
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What the document holds
ACRC press release of 18 May 2017: rewards paid January-May 2017 (KRW 1.73088 billion to 332 reporters; split corruption 28 people / KRW 213.85 million and public interest 304 / KRW 1.51703 billion; KRW 10.2 billion recovered: amounts and the total of people already in the data, split by people added here), reward caps (KRW 3 billion corruption, KRW 2 billion public interest), record reward (KRW 1.1 billion in 2015, already a case from the 2015 report, not duplicated), five case summaries, and the April 2017 extension to private schools. Amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000 and 만 = 10,000. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
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Numbers (7)
- Awards paid (amount)KRW 173,088 ten thousand2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 21,385 ten thousand2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 151,703 ten thousand2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Individuals awarded332 persons2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Individuals awardedCategory: Corruption28 persons2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Individuals awardedCategory: Public interest304 persons2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Money collected thanks to whistleblowersKRW 102 hundred million2017-01/2017-05 · Korea ACRC 2017Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
Cases and awards (5)
- Reward case (public interest): restaurants occupied a river without permission (tents, containers); KRW 8.79 million reward.KRW 8,790,0002017-01/2017-05AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (public interest): eye and obstetrics clinics ran misleading medical advertising; KRW 13.07 million reward.KRW 13,070,0002017-01/2017-05AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (corruption): non-profit organisation officers inflated purchase prices and used card-cashing to embezzle government subsidies; KRW 22 million reward.KRW 22,000,0002017-01/2017-05AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (corruption): local broadcaster's president and a contractor inflated the cost of moving an AM transmitter through a side contract; KRW 55.3 million reward.KRW 55,300,0002017-01/2017-05AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (public interest): liquor importer paid 197 entertainment venues over KRW 15.2 billion in cash in 288 payments (June 2011-March 2015) to sell only its whisky; KRW 124.36 million reward.KRW 124,360,0002017-01/2017-05AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
Reward rules (2)
- Maximum awardcorruption rewards, as stated in May 2017KRW 3,000,000,000Date not stated · Korea ACRC 2017South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Maximum awardpublic-interest rewards, as stated in May 2017KRW 2,000,000,000Date not stated · Korea ACRC 2017South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
About the document
What it covers Rewards paid January-May 2017 (corruption and public interest), recovered revenue.
Notes ACRC press release (보도자료). Raw copy is the press-release web page; quotes are taken from the attached .hwp original (same text).
Source id kor-acrc-pr-2017-05-18 · accessed 5 Oct 2026