Supreme Prosecutors' Office (SPO)
The main duty is to direct and supervise the Prosecutors' Offices nationwide, including their investigation. The Prosecutor General is responsible for the SPO's work, checks the affairs of the Prosecution Service as a whole, and directs all public officials in the Prosecution.
Prosecutor General
The Prosecutor General is responsible for the SPO's overall work, oversees Prosecution affairs, directs and supervises public officials of the Prosecution Service.
Deputy Prosecutor General
The Deputy Prosecutor General assists the Prosecutor General and acts on behalf of the Prosecutor General, if necessary.
Administration Bureau
Management Assistance Division
The Management Assistance Division is in charge of matters concerning security, personnel, documents, budget, management of official seals, and commodities.
Welfare Services Division
The Welfare Services Division deals with welfare, and manages full-time employees except for public servants, and manages buildings and properties of the Prosecution Service.
Emergency Safety Division
The Emergency Safety Division coordinates and confirms all plans related to national emergency issues.
Planning & Coordination Department
Policy & Planning Division
The Policy & Planning Division is responsible for major task planning, reviews Prosecution Service's opinions regarding statutes and the amendments, and manages administrative issues.
Information & Communication Division
The Information & Communication Division manages and develops IT issues of the Prosecution Service, operates and manages technical equipment, data, and telecommunication devices.
Anti-corruption Department
Planning & Coordination Office
The Planning & Coordination Division of the Anti-corruption Department comprehensively plans and coordinates works related to the anti-corruption cases. It mainly supervises, conducts and plans case investigations determined and ordered by the Prosecutor General.
Anti-corruption Division 1
The Anti-corruption Division 1 supervises and directs crime investigations ordered by the Prosecutor General on crimes committed by public officials.
Anti-corruption Division 2
The Anti-corruption Division 2 supervises and directs investigations ordered by the Prosecutor General on financial and securities crimes.
Anti-corruption Division 3
The Anti-corruption Division 3 directs and supervises investigations ordered by the Prosecutor General on tax, antitrust and white-collar crimes
Narcotics & Organized Crimes Department
Narcotics & Organized Crimes Division
Public officials who are specialized in narcotics crime are allocated in the division. It also draws up budgets for narcotics crime investigation and divides works for organized crimes investigation. The division also actively cooperates with diverse internal and external institutions specialized in organized crime investigation.
Criminal Asset Recovery Division
The Criminal Asset Recovery Division researches and develops asset recovery and tracing techniques. It also supports criminal asset tracing and recovery tasks that are ordered by the Prosecutor General.
Criminal Department
Criminal Division I
The Criminal Division I manages economic and traffic accident cases, complaints, internal investigation and petitions.
Criminal Division II
The Criminal Division II directs and supervises environment, public health, adolescent cases, and issues related to special judicial police.
Criminal Division III
The Criminal Division III deals with violent crimes and crimes resulting in mass victims.
Criminal Division IV
The Criminal Division IV deals with women, sexual violence, domestic violence, child abuse.
Department of National Security, Election & Labor
National Security Division
The National Security Division plans public security investigation affairs, and collects, preserves, and manages data relating to public security investigation; and is in charge of cases involving national security, terrorism, immigration, inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, and deals with security surveillance procedures under Security Surveillance Act.
Election Division
The Election Division deals with election cases, political parties, and political fund cases.
Labor Division
The Labor Division covers labor-related and collective action-related cases.
Criminal Trial & Civil Litigation Department
Criminal Trial Division I
The Criminal Trial Division I is in charge of appellate cases to the Supreme Court.
Criminal Trial Division II
The Criminal Trial Division II operates standards for case procedures in the Prosecution Service, and sentencing information system, and collects and analyzes the data for prosecutors' sentence proposals.
Penalty Enforcement Division
The Penalty Enforcement Division directs and supervises execution of pecuniary punishment.
Forensic Science Investigation Department
Forensic Science Division
The Forensic Science Division develops and operates scientific investigation techniques; examines and analyzes materials relating to criminal investigation; secures, develops and operates scientific investigation equipment; manages DNA information; and guides and provides training concerning the affairs referred to the above.
Forensic Genetics & Chemistry Division
The Forensic Genetics & Chemistry Division analyzes DNA, forensic chemistry and forensic biology samples, and manages relevant database; conducts a research and development on analysis of DNA, forensic chemistry, and forensic biology, and relates investigation techniques; secures, develops and operates analyzing equipment for DNA, forensic chemistry and forensic biology; deals with other matters relating to examining and analyzing DNA, forensic chemistry and forensic biology; and guides and provides training concerning the affairs referred to the above.
Digital Forensic Division
The Digital Forensic Division analyzes digital evidence; conducts a research and development on analyzing techniques for digital evidence, on digital scientific investigation techniques, and on computer programs for scientific investigation; and guides and provides training concerning the affairs referred to the above.
Cybercrime Investigation Division
The Cybercrime Investigation Division supports cybercrime case investigation; supervises cybercrime case investigation ordered by the Prosecutor General; conducts a research and development on investigation techniques for cybercrimes; secures, develops and operates equipment for cybercrime investigation; implements international investigation cooperation relating to the affairs mentioned above; and guides and provides training concerning the affairs referred to the above.
Inspection Department
Inspection Division I
The Inspection Division I investigates and collects information regarding alleged violations committed by public officials(excluding senior prosecutors) of the Prosecution Service, and deals with the property registration of public officials of the Prosecution.
Inspection Division II
The Inspection Division II conducts performance and discipline audits, and performance evaluation.
Inspection Division III
The Inspection Division III investigates and collects information regarding alleged violations committed by senior prosecutors, and conducts a research and development on inspection statutes.
Human Rights Policy Office
Human Rights Planning Division
The Human Rights Planning Division plans human rights affairs related to the Prosecution Service, and reviews and studies human rights-related statutes, systems and policies; and provides human rights training to employees in the Prosecution, Criminal victim protection and support, and Criminal mediation.
Human Rights Supervision Division
The Human Rights Supervision Division directs and supervises cases related to human rights violations by employees in the Prosecution Service; and prevents, reviews and handles human rights violations related to prosecution affairs.
Gender Equality Policy Division
The Gender Equality Policy Division establishes gender equality policy and implements gender equality system reform in the Prosecution Service; and responds to and prevents sexual misconducts within the Prosecution.
Criminal Justice Policy Office
The Criminal Justice Policy Office conducts a research on prosecution system reform and implements the reform; researches criminal justice-related system and policy; and exchanges and cooperates with relevant agencies for criminal policy issues related to the prosecution system.
Office of Criminal Intelligence Planning
The Office of Criminal Intelligence Planning collects, manages, analyzes and verifies crime information.
Criminal Intelligence Division 1
The Criminal Intelligence Management Office 1 analyzes, verifies and evaluates various crime-related information and data.
Criminal Intelligence Division 2
The Criminal Intelligence Management Office 2 collects and manages crime-related information and data.
International Cooperation Division
The International Cooperation Division directs and supports international cooperation affairs of the Prosecution Service.
Office of Spokesperson
The Office of Spokesperson is a principle point of contact of the Prosecutors' Offices; manages and analyzes press releases, and reacts to misinformation and distortions; supports and cooperates with the media, and manages events and statistics; operates and supports electronic briefing; and covers other public announcement.
Prosecution Research Officers
The Prosecution Research Officers make a research on prosecution affairs ordered by the Prosecutor General, assisting the Prosecutor General.