South Korean public prosecutors' offices are seeing an increase in the number of female executives in key workplaces...only one is at the prosecutor general level

For the past six years, she has been a female prosecutor at the High Public Prosecutors Office (Deputy Director/Director General Prosecutor's level) at the Korean Public Prosecutors' Office, working at important workplaces such as the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, and the Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors Office, the so-called "big three" within the prosecutor's office.
It turns out that things are on the rise. On the other hand, there was only one female prosecutor at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office (prosecutor general level), who was classified as an "advanced executive."
According to personnel statistics obtained from the Ministry of Justice on the 10th by the office of Representative Cho Jeong-hoon of the Changing Times (political party), at the end of last month.
Currently, 45 of the female prosecutors working at the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office are prosecutors at the High Public Prosecutors' Office, accounting for 27.9% of the total of 161. 6 in the second half personnel affairs conducted in September last year.
It reflected that people were promoted. The prosecutor-level position at the High Public Prosecutors Office is an important position in charge of investigations and policy implementation. The percentage of female prosecutors at the High Public Prosecutors Office serving in the three major institutions was 10.8% in 2018.
(15 out of 138 people in total), 17.9% in 2019 (26 out of 145 people in total), 19.6% in 2020 (30 out of 153 people in total), 26.4% in 2021 (42 out of 159 people in total)
, 27.6% (44 out of 159 total) in 2022, increasing every year. However, the main three are female prosecutors at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office who are ``Advanced executives'' of the public prosecutors' office and are classified as ``Chief Prosecutor-level''.
During the same period, only one person worked at the institution. From 2018 to this day, the total number of prosecutor-level prosecutors at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office who have been working in three locations is about 11 to 14, but there are only 11 to 14 female prosecutor-level prosecutors at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office.
There were 0 prosecutors in 2018, 1 in 2019 (7.7%), 1 in 2020 (9.1%), 0 in 2021, 1 in 2022 (9.1%), and 1 as of the second half of September 2023. Man
(7.1%). Additionally, the percentage of female public prosecutors working in the three major agencies was also low. 22.3% in 2018, 28.2% in 2019, 28.1% in 2020, 32 in 2021
.6%, 29.2% in 2022, and 32.4% as of September 2023. Considering that the overall proportion of female public prosecutors is 40%, there are few female public prosecutors assigned to the “Big 3”.
I understand that. Congressman Cho pointed out that ``the number of cases that require consideration of women's characteristics and environment in investigations and trials is increasing,'' adding, ``I hope that more female executives will participate in key decision-making processes at the Ministry of Justice and prosecutors.''
It is necessary to do so.''