Cho Kuk

Former Rebuilding Korea Party leader; progressive prosecutor-reform figure (post-pardon) South Korea

Liberal

Left-liberal prosecutor-slayer: dismantle "prosecutorial dictatorship," expand the welfare state, and treat his own conviction as political persecution — sealed by a controversial Liberation Day pardon.

Community poll — liberal or conservative?

Liberal 1347 (83%)(17%) 271 Conservative

Details — statements, goals & consistency record →

Most recent, with sources

I'd like to extend my deep gratitude to President Lee Jae Myung for making a constitutional determination. I am also listening with respect to those who have been critical of the presidential pardon for me.

2025-08-11Action

Justice ministry announced Cho among more than 830,000 Liberation Day special pardons, cutting short his two-year term over academic fraud involving his daughter and unlawful interference with a government inspection.

Source: Yonhap News Agency ↗

2024-04-26Speech

The Yoon Suk Yeol regime is a prosecution regime where prosecutorialism is rampant. … We completely separate the investigation from the prosecution by abolishing the prosecutor's right to investigate, establishing a new investigation office in charge of serious crimes.

Source: Maeil Business News ↗