*Article 33 (Grounds for Disqualification) of the State Public Officials Act
No person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be appointed as a public official:
1. A person under adult guardianship;
2. A person who was declared bankrupt and has not yet been reinstated;
3. A person for whom five years have not passed since his or her imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment declared by a court was completely executed (including where the execution thereof is deemed complete) or exempted;
4. A person for whom two years have not passed since the suspension of execution of his or her imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment declared by a court expired;
5. A person who is under a suspended sentence of imprisonment without labor or a heavier punishment as declared by a court;
6. A person who is disqualified, or whose qualification is suspended, pursuant to a judgment of the court or other statutes;
6-2. A person who committed a crime prescribed in Article 355 or 356 of the Criminal Act with regard to his or her duty during his or her tenure of office as public official and was sentenced to a fine of at least three million won and in whose case two years have not yet passed since the ruling on such sentence became final;
6-3. A person who committed any of the following crimes and was sentenced to a fine of at least one million won and in whose case three years have not yet passed since the ruling on such sentence became final:
(a) Sexual crimes under Article 2 of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes;
(b) Crimes prescribed in Article 74 (1) 2 and 3 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection;
(c) Crimes of stalking defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Punishment of Crime of Stalking;
6-4. A person who committed any of the sexual crimes under Article 2 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning Punishment of Sexual Crimes or sex offenses against children or youth under Article 2 Clause 2 of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth Against Sex Offenses and twenty years have not yet passed since any of the following dates:
(a) When a sentence of imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment declared by a court was completely executed (including where the execution thereof is deemed complete) or exempted;
(b) When a sentence of imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment was declared by a court and the ruling became final and conclusive;
(c) When a sentence of a fine or lighter punishment was issued and the ruling became final and conclusive;
(d) When a sentence of medical treatment and custody was issued and the ruling on such sentence became final and conclusive;
(e) When they were removed from office or dismissed as a disciplinary action;
7. A person who was removed from office by a disciplinary action, and for whom five years have not passed thereafter;
8. A person who was dismissed by a disciplinary action, and for whom three years have not passed thereafter.