Jeon-gwan ye-u

Jeon-gwan ye-u refers to an informal arrangement in the South Korean legal system whereby retired judges and public prosecutors who go on to become lawyers in private practise receive special treatment from their incumbent former colleagues. A paper from the Korea Institute of Public Administration describes it as one of the four major problems caused by the way in which South Korea appoints judicial officers. The term may also be used more broadly to refer to preferential treatment for retired regulators who go on to take private-sector jobs in the industries which they were previously responsible for regulating, a form of regulatory capture.

It is variously translated into English as:

• "privileges of former post"
• "allowing privileges associated with one's former post"
• "special consideration to former judges and prosecutors"
• "honorable treatment to retired colleagues"