Gwangju officials rig system to get ‘golden’ license plates

A supposedly random license plate system in Gwangju was manipulated hundreds of times by district office employees to secure coveted “golden numbers” such as 7777 and 5555, an internal audit found.

Gwangju’s Seo-gu Office said Thursday that it would seek disciplinary action against employees who improperly reserved and assigned highly sought-after license plate numbers between 2023 and February 2026.

The audit, conducted between February and last month, examined 16 employees in the district’s tr ...