Judicial reform takes center stage in Korean politics

The rift between South Korea’s two main political parties is deepening once again, this time over contested judicial reform bills. The bill package comprises three bills. These are revisions to the Criminal Act to view a misapplication of law as a criminal offense through what would be equivalent to the German concept of "Rechtsbeugung"; the Court Organization Act to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 14 to 26 before President Lee Jae Myung's term ends; and the Constitutional Cou