MANILA, Nov. 1 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday vowed zero tolerance for corruption, saying his administration is committed to reducing the number of government workers involved in irregular practices.

In a media interview in Busan, South Korea after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit ended, Marcos admitted that corruption in government remains "a problem that exists in every large bureaucracy."

"It's something that you will never be able to say that we have removed corruption. There will always be -- laging may loko diyan eh. Kahit anong gawin mo, hahanap 'yan ng paraan para lokohin ang gobyerno (There will always be some who try to cheat the system. No matter what you do, they will find a way to deceive the g...