Those are two orthogonal things though: 1) electing people who consistently act in good faith, and 2) noticing, acknowledging and prosecuting if elected authori

Those are two orthogonal things though: 1) electing people who consistently act in good faith, and 2) noticing, acknowledging and prosecuting if elected authorities act in bad faith. (1) is a known hard problem in a democracy. The democracy in Korea is young as you have noted and there are cultural holdovers from previous times, so perhaps having (2) happen N times first is the only way forward—otherwise all they’d get is an illusion. Where (2) is not implemented, (1) is less likely to happen (no deterrent). If (2) is implemented and citizens learn to elect better and keep trying, (1) may happen at some point.