South Korea
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 29, 1987
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on elements of European, Anglo-American, and Chinese codes
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Kukhoe)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President and ratified by the National Assembly; Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
Christians 26%, Buddhists 23%, none 49%
From the country
- JUNE 12, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese industrial trainee was sentenced to death...
A Chinese industrial trainee was sentenced to death by an appellate court in Seoul for two counts of murder and eight counts of robbery
- JUNE 7, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A group of religious leaders met with the leaders of...
A group of religious leaders met with the leaders of political parties to seek their support for a campaign to abolish the death penalty
- MAY 16, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean group of government, religious and business...
A South Korean group of government, religious and business leaders presented the UN High Commissioner for Refugees with a petition bearing 11 million signatures that seeks to improve the lot of North Koreans who say they fled their homeland to escape fami
- MAY 14, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on a 31-year-old...
The Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on a 31-year-old man convicted of murdering his lover and her husband in a plan to get insurance money
- APRIL 25, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Republic of Korea voted against the resolution on the...
Republic of Korea voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001 (2001/68)
- MARCH 20, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea has a long way to go before its human right...
North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world, according to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute
- MARCH 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the government's "soft" North Korea policy, claiming that a North Korean defector was executed in public recently, after he had been abducted back to Pyongyang in October 2000
- JANUARY 29, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Religious and civic groups calling for a ban on capital...
Religious and civic groups calling for a ban on capital punishment are receiving crucial support from politicians as a group of lawmakers are seeking to launch a legislation movement to ban the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In 1996, the Constitutional Court ruled 7-2 that the...
In 1996, the Constitutional Court ruled 7-2 that the death penalty was constitutional
- JANUARY 1, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes, 19 crimes,...
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes, 19 crimes, such as murder and espionage, under the constitution and 84 crimes under the National Security Law and five other laws
- DECEMBER 20, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A thesis attached to the Korean version of the U
A thesis attached to the Korean version of the U
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Taejon District Court sentenced Lee Jong-kwon,...
The Taejon District Court sentenced Lee Jong-kwon, 36, to death for killing his two daughters and two nephews in order to receive life insurance money