The Justice Ministry has begun the process to solicit applications for internal prosecution posts and secondments to outside agencies ahead of the 2026 regular reshuffle of prosecutors.
The Justice Ministry announced on the prosecution's internal network, e-Pros, the previous day that it will conduct internal recruitment for posts and a call for prosecutors to be seconded to outside agencies related to the 2026 regular reshuffle. Applications are open until the 22nd.
The internal recruitment covers two adjunct instructors at law schools. Eligibility is Judicial Research and Training Institute class 43 or below, or those who have taken the bar exam up to twice.
For outside-agency secondments, there is one post at the Constitutional Court, one at the Korea Exchange (KRX), and one at the Intellectual Property Office. Eligibility for the Constitutional Court secondment is Judicial Research and Training Institute classes 42–44 and up to three sittings of the bar exam; for the Korea Exchange (KRX) and the Intellectual Property Office secondments, applicants must be class 42 or below and have taken the bar exam up to once. Separate recruitment for international organizations will select two people: one for the International Criminal Court and one for the World Intellectual Property Organization.
The legal community expects the Justice Ministry to ramp up the regular reshuffle after the application process ends. Some say a large-scale reshuffle could take place around January–February next year. Earlier, in the late-August reshuffle of prosecutors, the Justice Ministry reassigned a total of 695 people, including 665 deputy and division chief prosecutors at the high prosecutors' office level and 30 rank-and-file prosecutors.