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Supreme Court Justice Incentives Under Fire | South Korea News
State auditors exposed a scandal at the Supreme Court, revealing that 12 justices secretly received $2 million monthly bonuses — legally unauthorized — between 2022 and April this year, alongside a similar payout for the court’s head. The court claimed these were “incentives” for hard work, but auditors called it blatant misuse of public funds. Even the chief justice’s security team got paid, while the chief himself wasn’t on the list. Beyond the bonuses, the court overspent $650 million on unnecessary tech upgrades, ignoring existing contracts and buying thousands of extra devices to burn…
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