During the last decade, South Korea has been scenario of corruption that involve high profile officials and some of the biggest companies, not only in the country but worldwide. Currently, these scenarios are even more challenging, considering the impressive economic growth of South Korea, and its geo-political complexities related to North Korea.
Bearing this in mind, last June 5th, 2019, Transparency Korea (Korean Chapter of Transparency International) and Vortex Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to "Promote the debate and understanding of the structure and threats imposed by corruption networks in Korea and, when necessary, other Asian countries". Through specific actions and projects that will be released in the coming months, with his Memorandum the two renewed entities will work together to understand macro-corruption in South Korea and the region.