Lawyers

Dongho RYU

Dongho RYU

Lee & Ko, South Korea

Work Department

Litigation Group

Position

Partner

Career

2021-Present  Lee & Ko

2020-2021  Senior Prosecutor for the Ministry of Food and Drug Crime, Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office

2020  Senior Prosecutor for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office

2019-2020  Senior Prosecutor for the Detective Division Ⅳ, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office

2018-2019  Senior Prosecutor for the Foreign Criminal Affairs Department, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office

2018  Senior Prosecutor for the Detective Division Ⅱ, Wonju Branch, Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office

2016-2018  Senior Prosecutor for Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office

2015-Present  Director of the Korea Food Sanitation and Safety Society

2014-2016  Prosecutor for Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office

2014  Authorized professional Prosecutor (Food Safety)

2013-Present  Commissioner for Food and Drug Safety, Ministry of Food and Hygiene Review

2013-2015  Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office dispatched - Establishment of the Joint Government Medication Rebate Investigation Unit and the Food and Drug Investigation Unit

2012-2014  Prosecutor for Seongnam Branch, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office

2009  The first dispatched Prosecutor for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety - Establishment of the Central Investigation Team for Harmful Crime

2008-2012  Prosecutor for Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office

2006-2008  Prosecutor for Busan District Prosecutors’ Office

2004-2006  Prosecutor for Tongyeong Branch, Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office

2002-2004  Prosecutor for Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office

Languages

Korean and English

Education

2021-Present  Chung-Ang University, Graduate School of Food Safety Management – LL.D

2017  Chung-Ang University, Graduate School of Food and Drug – LL.M

2017  George Mason University – Training Program

2002  Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea

1996  Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, College of Law – LL.B.