시사건건 also commented on the Optimus scandal today, giving the simple version of the story: Yoon's nolle prosse nothing to see here reports giving Optimus a clean bill of health cost government agencies with retirement funds and innocent investors victimized by the fraudulent scheme hundreds of millions in losses. How does Yoon Seok-yeol still have a job? According to both sources, it's a legacy of the tradition of corrupt personal networks (인맥) based upon school, region, profession and position. Loyalty is to one's colleagues and network of profitable relationships in deeply corrupt institutions (적폐기관) is the uppermost consideration, not society or the people. Prosecutors and judges look forward to the patronage of those in power rather than fulfilment of a public duty, or an ethical mandate. Financial and industrial elites are rewarded for patronizing these officials with protection from legal accountability for unlawful actions. Similarly, corrupt media conglomerates are protected by the corrupt judges and prosecutors (검언유착) for their assistance in concealing their own wrongdoing, and assisting in their resistance to reform.
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