{
  "id": 18457688,
  "title": "Nearly half of Koreans say they do not trust courts: survey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/nearly-half-of-koreans-say-they-do-not-trust-courts-survey",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T07:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20261106/nearly-half-of-koreans-say-they-do-not-trust-courts-survey"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent Gallup Korea poll revealed that nearly half of the country's population lacks trust in the judiciary, with 47% expressing distrust, an increase of 3 percentage points from the previous survey conducted in April of the previous year. Conversely, only 41% of respondents expressed trust in the courts, a drop of 5 percentage points. The poll also indicated a decline in public confidence in the Constitutional Court, following its ruling in April last year that upheld the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to establish martial law. In comparison to the previous survey, trust in the Constitutional Court dropped by 12 percentage points to 49%, while distrust rose to 36%, a 5 percentage point increase. Additionally, the survey found that just 29% of respondents trusted the newly established Serious Crime Investigation Agency (SCIA), which was formed after the abolition of the prosecution's investigative rights. This was significantly lower than the 49% who did not express trust in the agency.",
  "summary": "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…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Nearly half of S. Koreans say they do not trust courts: survey",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/nearly-half-of-s-koreans-say-they-do-not-trust-courts-survey",
        "published": "2026-11-06T06:29:29.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}