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Korean Courts Ordered Online (In Several Years)

November 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein

All court rulings in criminal cases will be disclosed to the public, starting next year, as part of the judiciary branch’s efforts to bring transparency and fairness to the legal system, the Supreme Court said Wednesday,

All courts, including the appellate and highest courts, will be obliged to provide access for citizens to the texts of their rulings in all criminal cases via online or offline, the top court said, noting the system will be expanded to civil cases from 2015.

So far, those who want to have details of a case need to make a separate request, causing inconvenience to the public.

The highest court said it will devise relevant rules within the year for the official launch of the system. 

 From 2014, details about evidence and relevant documents for a criminal case ruling will also be available both via online and offline, it added. 

“The decision follows last year’s law revision to disclose all details about the rulings,” a court official said. “We are pushing to open all court rulings on civilian cases starting in 2015.”

“The disclosure is expected to boost transparency in the legal system,” said Roh Young-hee, a spokesman of the Korean Bar Association.