The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Monday it will conduct a comprehensive review of government honors awarded to perpetrators of state violence and unconstitutional acts, as it moves to strengthen the recovery of revoked decorations and expand public disclosure of revocation grounds. The ministry said it will take a proactive role in identifying inappropriate awards and fully supporting revocation procedures — a shift from the previous system, in which cancellations were initiated solely upon requests from the recommending agencies. “Revoking government honors awarded to those involved in past state violence or unconstitutional acts is a duty of the state,” Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung said in a statement. “We will find and revoke every inappropriate award so that the people can take pride in Korea’s decoration system.” The ministry added it will identify retrial acquittal cases linked to past state violence — including torture and fabricated espionage accusations — and proactively encourage recommending agencies to review the relevant honors for revocation. The measure
