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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align: left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Korea" title="Government of South Korea">Government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_South_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Korea.svg/30px-Seal_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Seal_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Seal_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="820" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Korea" title="Constitution of South Korea">Constitution of South Korea</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_South_Korea" title="Law of South Korea">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_South_Korea" title="Human rights in South Korea">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align: left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg/30px-Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg/45px-Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">National Assembly</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea">Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Woo_Won-shik" title="Woo Won-shik">Woo Won-shik</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)#Speaker" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">Deputy Speaker</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Hak-young&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Hak-young (page does not exist)">Lee Hak-young</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">D</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)#Speaker" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">Deputy Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Joo_Ho-young" title="Joo Ho-young">Joo Ho-young</a> (<a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">P</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg/50px-South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg/75px-South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg/100px-South_Korea_22nd_National_Assembly_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_National_Assembly_(South_Korea),_2024%E2%80%932028" title="List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2024–2028">Members</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align: left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Korea#Executive_branch" title="Government of South Korea">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg/30px-Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg/45px-Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">President of South Korea</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Choi_Sang-mok" title="Choi Sang-mok">Choi Sang-mok</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>, Acting)</li></ul> <hr /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg/30px-Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg/45px-Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="125" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Korea" title="Prime Minister of South Korea">Prime Minister of South Korea</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Choi_Sang-mok" title="Choi Sang-mok">Choi Sang-mok</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>, Acting)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_South_Korea" title="State Council of South Korea">State Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Korea" title="Administrative divisions of South Korea">Administrative divisions</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align: left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_South_Korea" title="Judiciary of South Korea">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Constitutional_Court_of_Korea.svg" 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title="Moon Hyungbae">Moon Hyungbae</a> (Acting)</li></ul> <hr /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg/30px-Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg/45px-Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg/60px-Emblem_of_Korean_Courts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Korea" title="Supreme Court of Korea">Supreme Court of Korea</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Korea" title="Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Hee-de" class="mw-redirect" title="Jo 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title="Elections in South Korea">By-elections</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align: left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_South_Korea" title="List of political parties in South Korea">Political parties</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">PPP</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rebuilding_Korea_Party" title="Rebuilding Korea Party">Rebuilding Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Reform_Party_(South_Korea)" title="New Reform Party (South Korea)">New Reform</a></li> <li><a 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system">presidential</a> <a href="/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">representative democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a>, whereby the <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">president</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a>, and of a <a href="/wiki/Multi-party_system" title="Multi-party system">multi-party system</a>. To ensure a separation of powers, the <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">Republic of Korea</a> Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The government exercises <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive power</a> and <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative power</a> is vested in both the <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">National Assembly</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a> is independent of the executive and the legislature and comprises a <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Korea" title="Supreme Court of Korea">Supreme Court</a>, appellate courts, and a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" title="Constitutional Court of Korea">Constitutional Court</a>. </p><p>Since 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Korea" title="Constitution of South Korea">constitution</a> has undergone five major revisions, each signifying a new republic. The current Sixth Republic began with the last major constitutional revision that took effect in 1988. From its founding until the <a href="/wiki/June_Democratic_Struggle" title="June Democratic Struggle">June Democratic Struggle</a>, the South Korean political system operated under a <a href="/wiki/Military_junta" title="Military junta">military</a> <a href="/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarian</a> regime, with the freedom of assembly, association, expression, press and religion as well as civil society activism being tightly restricted. During that period, there were no freely elected national leaders, political opposition is suppressed, dissent was not permitted and civil rights were curtailed. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Economist_Intelligence_Unit" title="Economist Intelligence Unit">Economist Intelligence Unit</a> rated South Korea a "<a href="/wiki/Democracy_Index#Definitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Democracy Index">full democracy</a>" in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-democracy-index_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-democracy-index-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (July 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/V-Dem_Democracy_indices" class="mw-redirect" title="V-Dem Democracy indices">V-Dem Democracy indices</a> in 2023, South Korea was the third most electoral <a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_Asia" title="Democracy in Asia">democratic country in Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vdem_dataset_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vdem_dataset-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Korea is often cited as a model of democracy due to its relatively peaceful and internally-driven democratic transition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the mid-2000s to mid-2010s are often considered South Korea's backsliding period. Although, some have argued South Korea has hit a democratic ceiling and changes are more characteristic of democratic stagnation in lieu of regression. This took the form of more state involvement (particularly through the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Communications_Commission" title="Korea Communications Commission">Korea Communications Commission</a> or KCC) in media control and less editorial independence among journalists with conservative media owners.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, political expression lagged behind comparable democracies.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, South Korea has very strict election and campaign finance regulations, that includes no door-to-door canvassing and, consequently, some have cited these regulations as barriers to political expression and free and fair elections.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These changes have largely attributed to South Korea's weak political party structure that emphasizes leaders and, consequently, hyper-presidentialism. Moreover, a right-left ideological divide has been more deeply entrenched into South Korean political society.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, South Korea is considered to have a strong civil society or <i>simin sahoe</i> manifested through a large number of civic organizations that prevented further backsliding via the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932017_South_Korean_protests" title="2016–2017 South Korean protests">2016-2017 Candlelight Demonstrations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under more recent administrations such as President <a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol" title="Yoon Suk Yeol">Yoon Suk Yeol</a>, South Korea has taken a stance as a "Global Pivotal State," which involves a greater role in East Asia as a democratic power. Despite its own democratic struggles, South Korea has taken an active role on democracy on the global stage having hosted the 2024 <a href="/wiki/Summit_for_Democracy" title="Summit for Democracy">Summit for Democracy</a> and committing to "strengthen coordination on promoting democracy and protecting human rights" at the <a href="/wiki/American%E2%80%93Japanese%E2%80%93Korean_trilateral_pact" title="American–Japanese–Korean trilateral pact">2023 Camp David Summit</a> with the U.S. and Japan, bolstering their trilateral relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_government">National government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: National government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Korea" title="Government of South Korea">Government of South Korea</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_branch">Executive branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption>Main office-holders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Office </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col">Since </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">President</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Choi_Sang-mok" title="Choi Sang-mok">Choi Sang-mok</a> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>27 December 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Korea" title="Prime Minister of South Korea">Prime Minister</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Choi_Sang-mok" title="Choi Sang-mok">Choi Sang-mok</a> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>27 December 2024 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The head of state is the president, who is elected by direct popular vote for a single five-year<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> term. The president is Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of Korea Armed Forces">Republic of Korea Armed Forces</a> and enjoys considerable executive powers. </p><p>The president appoints the prime minister with approval of the National Assembly, as well as appointing and presiding over the State Council of chief ministers as the head of government. On 12 March 2004, the executive power of then President <a href="/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun" title="Roh Moo-hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a> was suspended when the Assembly voted to impeach him and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Goh_Kun" title="Goh Kun">Goh Kun</a> became an Acting President. On 14 May 2004, the Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment decision made by the Assembly and Roh was reinstated. </p><p>On 10 May 2022, <a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol" title="Yoon Suk Yeol">Yoon Suk Yeol</a> succeeded <a href="/wiki/Moon_Jae-in" title="Moon Jae-in">Moon Jae-in</a> as president of South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_branch">Legislative branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legislative branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of South Korea">National Assembly of South Korea</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg/220px-Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg/330px-Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg/440px-Seoul-National.Assembly-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="851" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of South Korea">National Assembly of South Korea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The National Assembly (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">국회</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">國會</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">RR</a>: <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">gukhoe</i></span>) has 300 members, elected for a four-year term, 253 members in single-seat <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">constituencies</a> and 47 members by <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. The ruling <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">Democratic Party of Korea</a> is the largest party in the Assembly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial_branch">Judicial branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Judicial branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_South_Korea" title="Judiciary of South Korea">Judiciary of South Korea</a></div> <p>The South Korean judiciary is independent of the other two branches of government, and is composed of two different <a href="/wiki/Supreme_court#South_Korea" title="Supreme court">highest courts</a>. Inferior ordinary courts are under the Supreme Court, whose justices are appointed by the president of South Korea with the consent of the National Assembly. In addition, the Constitutional Court oversees questions of constitutionality, as single and the only court whose justices are appointed by the president of South Korea by equal portion of nomination from the president, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court Chief justice. South Korea has not accepted compulsory <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">ICJ</a> jurisdiction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_parties_and_elections">Political parties and elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political parties and elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other political parties, see <a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Political parties in South Korea">Political parties in South Korea</a>. An overview on elections and election results is included in <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_South_Korea" title="Elections in South Korea">Elections in South Korea</a>.</div> <p>South Korea elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (<i>Gukhoe</i>) has 300 members, elected for a four-year term, 253 members in single-seat constituencies and 47 members by proportional representation. </p><p>The main two political parties in South Korea are the liberal <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">Democratic Party of Korea</a> (lit. "Together Democratic Party", DPK) and the conservative <a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">People Power Party</a> (PPP), formerly the <a href="/wiki/United_Future_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Future Party">United Future Party</a> (UFP). The liberal camp and the conservative camp are the dominant forces of South Korean politics at present. </p> <div style="width:450px"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:450px"> <caption><span style="font-size:110%">Parties in the 22nd <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">National Assembly</a></span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Group </th> <th>Floor leader </th> <th colspan="2">Seats </th> <th>% of seats </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#152484;">▌</span><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">Democratic Party</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Jae-myung" title="Lee Jae-myung">Lee Jae-myung</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none"><b>176</b><sup id="cite_ref-fn11_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn11-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">58.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#E61E2B;">▌</span><b><a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">People Power</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yoon_Jae-ok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yoon Jae-ok (page does not exist)">Yoon Jae-ok</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none"><b>108</b><sup id="cite_ref-fn12_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn12-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#59B224;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Korea" title="Green Party Korea">Green</a>-<a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(South_Korea)" title="Justice Party (South Korea)">Justice</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sim_Sang-jung" title="Sim Sang-jung">Sim Sang-jung</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#45BABD;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/New_Future_Party_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Future Party (South Korea)">New Future</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong-min_(politician)" title="Kim Jong-min (politician)">Kim Jong-min</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF7920;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/New_Reform_Party_(South_Korea)" title="New Reform Party (South Korea)">New Reform</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yang_Hyang-ja" title="Yang Hyang-ja">Yang Hyang-ja</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#d6001c;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(South_Korea,_2017)" title="Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)">Progressive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kang_Sung-hee" class="mw-redirect" title="Kang Sung-hee">Kang Sung-hee</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#0172cf;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rebuilding_Korea_Party" title="Rebuilding Korea Party">Rebuilding Korea Party</a> </td> <td>Hwang Un-ha </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#080B9E;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unification_Party" title="Liberal Unification Party">Liberal Unification Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hwangbo_Seung-hee" title="Hwangbo Seung-hee">Hwangbo Seung-hee</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span style="color:#DCDCDC;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">▌</span>Vacant </td> <td style="text-align:right; border-right: none">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th style="text-align:right; border-right: none">300 </th> <th style="text-align:center; border-left: none"> </th> <th style="text-align:right">100.0% </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"> <p>Notes: </p> <ol><li><b>Negotiation groups</b> can be formed by 20 or more members.</li></ol> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fn11-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn11_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including 14 seats held by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_of_Korea" title="Democratic Alliance of Korea">Democratic Alliance of Korea</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn12-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn12_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including 13 seats held by the People's Future Party</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="text-align: right; position: relative; top: -10px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Parties_in_the_South_Korean_National_Assembly" title="Template:Parties in the South Korean National Assembly"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Parties_in_the_South_Korean_National_Assembly" title="Template talk:Parties in the South Korean National Assembly"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Parties_in_the_South_Korean_National_Assembly" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Parties in the South Korean National Assembly"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div></div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_nature">Political nature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>South Korea's political history has always been prone to splits from and merges with other parties. One reason is that there is a greater emphasis around the 'politics of the individual' rather than the party; therefore, party loyalty is not strong when disagreements occur. The graph below illustrates the extent of the political volatility within the last 10 years alone. These splits were intensified after the <a href="/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal" title="2016 South Korean political scandal">2016 South Korean political scandal</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_(2005-2018).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_%282005-2018%29.png/220px-Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_%282005-2018%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_%282005-2018%29.png/330px-Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_%282005-2018%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_%282005-2018%29.png/440px-Graph_of_South_Korean_Political_Parties_%282005-2018%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1481" data-file-height="726" /></a><figcaption>This graph traces the recent origins of all six main political parties currently in the Republic of Korea, all of which have either split from or merged with other parties in the last four years. They have emerged from four main ideological camps, from Left to Right: Progressive (socialist), liberal, centrist, and conservative.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latest_elections">Latest elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Latest elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presidential_election">Presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_South_Korean_presidential_election" title="2022 South Korean presidential election">2022 South Korean presidential election</a></div><p>In March 2022, Yoon Suk-yeol, the candidate of the conservative opposition People Power Party, won a close <a href="/wiki/2022_South_Korean_presidential_election" title="2022 South Korean presidential election">election</a> over Democratic Party candidate <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jae-myung" title="Lee Jae-myung">Lee Jae-myung</a> by the narrowest margin ever. On 10 May 2022, Yoon was sworn in as South Korea's new president.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_election">Legislative election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legislative election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_South_Korean_legislative_election" title="2024 South Korean legislative election">2024 South Korean legislative election</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_pressure_groups_and_leaders">Political pressure groups and leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Political pressure groups and leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Federation of Korean Industries</li> <li>Federation of Korean Trade Unions</li> <li>Korean Confederation of Trade Unions</li> <li>Korean National Council of Churches</li> <li>Korean Traders Association</li> <li>Korean Veterans' Association</li> <li>National Council of Labor Unions</li> <li>National Democratic Alliance of Korea</li> <li>National Federation of Farmers' Associations</li> <li>National Federation of Student Associations</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Korea">Special cities of South Korea</a></div> <p>One Special City (<i>Teukbyeolsi</i>, Capital City), six Metropolitan Cities (<i>Gwangyeoksi,</i> singular and plural), nine Provinces (<i>Do,</i> singular and plural) and one Special Autonomous City (Sejong City). </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> Teukbyeolsi (서울특별시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a> Gwangyeoksi (부산광역시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a> Gwangyeoksi (대구광역시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> Gwangyeoksi (인천광역시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a> Gwangyeoksi (대전광역시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a> Gwangyeoksi (광주광역시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulsan" title="Ulsan">Ulsan</a> Gwangyeoksi (울산광역시)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyeonggi_Province" title="Gyeonggi Province">Gyeonggi-do</a> (경기도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangwon_Province,_South_Korea" title="Gangwon Province, South Korea">Gangwon-do</a> (강원도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Chungcheong_Province" title="North Chungcheong Province">Chungcheongbuk-do</a> (충청북도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Chungcheong_Province" title="South Chungcheong Province">Chungcheongnam-do</a> (충청남도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Jeolla_Province" title="North Jeolla Province">Jeollabuk-do</a> (전라북도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Jeolla_Province" title="South Jeolla Province">Jeollanam-do</a> (전라남도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Gyeongsang_Province" title="North Gyeongsang Province">Gyeongsangbuk-do</a> (경상북도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gyeongsang_Province" title="South Gyeongsang Province">Gyeongsangnam-do</a> (경상남도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeju_Province" title="Jeju Province">Jeju Teukbyeoljachi-do</a> (제주특별자치도)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sejong_City" title="Sejong City">Sejong</a> Teukbyeol-jachisi (세종특별자치시)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h2><span 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Korea</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Korea" title="Military history of Korea">Military history of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Korea" title="List of monarchs of Korea">List of monarchs of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Korean_history" title="Timeline of Korean history">Timeline of Korean history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chronology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="Goguryeo">Goguryeo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> / <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gaya_confederacy" title="Gaya confederacy">Gaya confederacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_States_period" title="Northern and Southern States period">North–South States Period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Silla" class="mw-redirect" title="United Silla">Later Silla</a> / <a href="/wiki/Balhae" title="Balhae">Balhae</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Later_Three_Kingdoms" title="Later Three Kingdoms">Later Three Kingdoms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taebong" title="Taebong">Taebong</a> / <a href="/wiki/Later_Baekje" title="Later Baekje">Later Baekje</a> / <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goryeo" title="Goryeo">Goryeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseon" title="Joseon">Joseon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korean Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Korea under Japanese rule</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Korea" title="Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea">Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">Division of Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_Government_in_Korea" title="United States Army Military Government in Korea">United States Army Military Government in Korea</a> / <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Civil_Administration" title="Soviet Civil Administration">Soviet Civil Administration</a> / <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Korea" title="History of South Korea">History of South Korea</a> / <a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Korea" title="History of North Korea">History of North Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography_of_Korea155" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Korea" title="Geography of Korea">Geography of Korea</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_North_Korea" title="Template:Borders of North 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