Nearly half of Koreans say they do not trust courts: survey
Nearly 50 percent of Koreans said they do not trust the judiciary, a poll showed Friday, while less than 30 percent expressed trust in two new agencies launched after abolishing the prosecution's investigative right last month. A Gallup Korea poll, conducted on 1,001 adults from Tuesday to Thursday, showed that 47 percent of the respondents expressed distrust of the courts, up 3 percentage points…
A recent survey conducted by Gallup Korea revealed that nearly half of the country's population does not trust the judiciary, with only 41 percent expressing trust in the courts. This marks a significant decline from the previous survey conducted in April of the previous year, where 47 percent expressed distrust and 41 percent expressed trust.
The survey also found that public trust in the Constitutional Court had fallen after it upheld the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, with 49 percent expressing trust in the court last year, now down to 25 percent. Similarly, trust in the newly established Serious Crime Investigation Agency, responsible for handling major crimes, stood at 29 percent, while 71 percent did not trust it.
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