Ministry of Justice of South Korea

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government ministry justice ministry

The Ministry of Justice of South Korea is the central government body responsible for overseeing the legal system, including prosecution, correctional administration, immigration control, and the protection of human rights.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Justice of South Korea canonical	6
Human Rights Bureau (South Korea)	1
대한민국 법무부	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6330485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Justice of South Korea
Context triple: [Administrative Courts of South Korea, relatedTo, Ministry of Justice of South Korea]

A. Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea is the highest national prosecution authority overseeing public prosecutors and criminal investigations throughout South Korea.
B. Ministry of Justice of Japan
The Ministry of Justice of Japan is the national government ministry responsible for the country’s legal system, including judicial administration, public prosecution, correctional services, and immigration control.
C. Judiciary of South Korea
The Judiciary of South Korea is the independent court system responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws, administering justice, and overseeing legal disputes throughout the country.
D. Government-General of Korea
The Government-General of Korea was the Japanese colonial administration that ruled Korea from 1910 to 1945, overseeing political control, economic exploitation, and cultural assimilation under imperial Japan.
E. State Council of South Korea
The State Council of South Korea is the country’s highest executive deliberative body, composed of the president, prime minister, and ministers, which reviews and decides major national policies and administrative matters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Justice of South Korea
Target entity description: The Ministry of Justice of South Korea is the central government body responsible for overseeing the legal system, including prosecution, correctional administration, immigration control, and the protection of human rights.

A. Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea is the highest national prosecution authority overseeing public prosecutors and criminal investigations throughout South Korea.
B. Ministry of Justice of Japan
The Ministry of Justice of Japan is the national government ministry responsible for the country’s legal system, including judicial administration, public prosecution, correctional services, and immigration control.
C. Judiciary of South Korea
The Judiciary of South Korea is the independent court system responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws, administering justice, and overseeing legal disputes throughout the country.
D. Government-General of Korea
The Government-General of Korea was the Japanese colonial administration that ruled Korea from 1910 to 1945, overseeing political control, economic exploitation, and cultural assimilation under imperial Japan.
E. State Council of South Korea
The State Council of South Korea is the country’s highest executive deliberative body, composed of the president, prime minister, and ministers, which reviews and decides major national policies and administrative matters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government ministry ⓘ justice ministry ⓘ
appointedBy	President of South Korea ⓘ
country	South Korea ⓘ
foundedBy	Government of South Korea ⓘ linked to: South Korean government
hasMinister	Minister of Justice (South Korea) ⓘ
hasPart	Crime Prevention Policy Bureau (South Korea) ⓘ Criminal Affairs Bureau (South Korea) ⓘ Human Rights Bureau (South Korea) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Justice of South Korea Korea Correctional Service ⓘ linked to: South Korean prison system Korea Immigration Service ⓘ Legal Affairs Bureau (South Korea) ⓘ Planning and Coordination Office (South Korea MOJ) ⓘ linked to: Planning and Coordination Office
headquartersLocation	Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of South Korea ⓘ linked to: South Korean government
languageOfWorkOrName	Korean ⓘ
legalForm	ministry ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Gwacheon ⓘ Gyeonggi Province ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
nativeName	대한민국 법무부 ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Justice of South Korea
nativeNameLanguage	ko ⓘ
oversees	Korea Correctional Service ⓘ linked to: South Korean prison system Korea Crime Victim Support Center ⓘ Korea Immigration Service ⓘ Korea Legal Aid Corporation ⓘ Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of South Korea ⓘ linked to: South Korean government
positionHeldBy	Minister of Justice (South Korea) ⓘ
previousHeadquartersLocation	Seoul, South Korea ⓘ linked to: Seoul
replaced	Ministry of Justice of the Provisional Government of Korea ⓘ linked to: Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
reportsTo	President of South Korea ⓘ Prime Minister of South Korea ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of detention centers in South Korea ⓘ administration of prisons in South Korea ⓘ administration of probation and parole in South Korea ⓘ correctional administration in South Korea ⓘ drafting of civil law in South Korea ⓘ drafting of criminal law in South Korea ⓘ extradition procedures in South Korea ⓘ human rights policy in the justice sector of South Korea ⓘ immigration control in South Korea ⓘ mutual legal assistance in criminal matters ⓘ naturalization procedures in South Korea ⓘ prosecution service of South Korea ⓘ protection of human rights in South Korea ⓘ visa and residency permits in South Korea ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
website	https://www.moj.go.kr ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Administrative Courts of South Korea → relatedTo → Ministry of Justice of South Korea ⓘ

Korean Bar Association → collaboratesWith → Ministry of Justice of South Korea ⓘ

National Court Administration of South Korea → coordinatesWith → Ministry of Justice of South Korea ⓘ

Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea → parentOrganization → Ministry of Justice of South Korea ⓘ

Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea → subordinateTo → Ministry of Justice of South Korea ⓘ

Civil Act of South Korea → administeredBy → Ministry of Justice of South Korea ⓘ

Ministry of Justice of South Korea → nativeName → 대한민국 법무부 ⓘ

linked to: Ministry of Justice of South Korea

Ministry of Justice of South Korea → hasPart → Human Rights Bureau (South Korea) ⓘ