Anti-Corruption Investigators Raid Outgoing North Chungcheong Governor's Office Over Bribery Allegations

On June 30, 2026 — his final day in office — South Korea's Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) raided the office of outgoing North Chungcheong Province Governor Kim Young-hwan, who is suspected of receiving billions of won in cash and gifts from a local businessman in exchange for business-permit favors around 2022-2023. The probe followed a July 2025 complaint by a Chungcheongbuk civic coalition alleging Kim borrowed roughly 3 billion won from a waste-disposal businessman without repaying it.