Opposition Leader Slams Ruling Party Over Prosecution Reform Push

People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok launched a fierce attack on the 23rd against the Democratic Party's decision to fully abolish prosecutors' supplementary investigation authority. At a supreme council meeting that day, he criticized the move, saying, "Even though public opinion supporting the maintenance of supplementary investigation authority is more than double that favoring its abolition, the Democratic Party is speeding up the abolition of supplementary investigation authority." He added, "The party seemed to briefly heed the angry public sentiment over the Jang Yun-gi case, but as the party convention approaches, it is once again only paying attention to its hardline supporters."

He also asked, "The Democratic Party blames political prosecutors every time it opens its mouth. Then are political police acceptable?" How will the Democratic Party, which set its abolition stance to prevent the supplementary investigation authority issue from becoming a key point of contention at the Aug. 17 party convention, respond?

Seoul National University has allowed a current professor to hold a full-time concurrent position at a company for the first time. At the university's personnel committee held on the 20th of this month, Han Bo-hyung, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was approved for a concurrent position at Samsung Electronics. Professor Han will work in Samsung Electronics' semiconductor (DS) division while maintaining his professorship at Seoul National University, with his base salary reportedly split equally between the university and Samsung Electronics. This marks the first time a current Seoul National University professor holds a full-time concurrent position at a company. It would be good if this becomes an exemplary case of industry-academia cooperation.