Approximately 40% of Supreme Court civil servant disciplinary cases result in severe disciplinary action... In June of this year, a civil servant from the National Court Administration was dismissed for illegal filming.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = In June of this year, it was discovered that an official belonging to the Supreme Court's Court Administration was dismissed for illegal filming.

Including this, about 40% of the disciplinary cases of civil servants belonging to courts across the country from 2021 to August of this year were severe punishments.

According to data submitted by the Supreme Court on the 4th to the office of Representative Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, on June 30 of this year, an assistant court clerk belonging to the National Court Administration was dismissed for 'violation of the duty to maintain dignity (filming using cameras, etc.)'.

The Supreme Court did not disclose personal information, including name, saying, “There is concern that the subject’s personal information may be identified.”

A total of 189 disciplinary actions were taken against court officials over a period of six years from January 1, 2021, to August 31 of this year.

Among these, there were 71 cases of severe disciplinary action, including dismissal, dismissal, demotion, and suspension, or 37.6%. The most common reason for disciplinary action was drunk driving (41 cases).

The number of disciplinary actions by year is 22 in 2021, 30 in 2022, 42 in 2023, 44 in 2024, 28 in 2025, and 23 in 2026 (~August 31).

The reasons for disciplinary action for those who were disciplined this year were in the following order: ▲ dereliction of duty and neglect of duty (6 cases) ▲ unfair receipt of overtime pay (4 cases) ▲ drunk driving (3 cases) ▲ workplace bullying and causing complaints (2 cases each).

In addition, there were other reasons such as ▲ false input of overtime work ▲ delay in delivery and transfer of records ▲ violation of the ban on for-profit work and concurrent employment.

By court, the most common was Seoul Western District Court (4 people), followed by Suwon District Court, Seoul Central District Court, and National Court Administration (3 people each).

Of the six people who were disciplined for dereliction of duty and neglect of duty, three were given warnings, and the rest were suspended or had their salaries reduced.

Meanwhile, there were a total of 10 cases in which judges were disciplined from January 2021 to August this year.

Among these, the most severe punishment is a 6-month suspension and a disciplinary surcharge of 10 million won imposed on the then chief judge of the Daejeon District Court in 2021 for receiving bribes.

It was found that Chief Judge Lee received a total of 10 million won for revising the statement of an acquaintance who was sued in 2017. He was handed over to trial on charges of violating the Anti-Graft Act and sentenced to a fine.

This year, on February 3, there was a case where a chief judge at the Seoul Central District Court received a 3-month pay cut for drunk driving, and on August 13, a chief judge at the Suwon District Court was suspended for 3 months and received a disciplinary fine of 3,474,000 won for receiving support for golf trip expenses from an acquaintance who was on trial.