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
- JULY 2, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: BUSAN MAN APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in South Korea, Kim Kil-tae appealed his death sentence, court officials said. The Busan District Court found Kil-tae guilty of raping and killing a 13-year-old girl in the southern port city of Busan in late February.
MARCH 18, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly speaker demanded the abolition of the death penalty in South
- MARCH 14, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
MOST S.KOREANS BACK DEATH PENALTY: SURVEY
83.1 percent of South Koreans support capital punishment, according to a survey carried out by ruling-party thinktank Youido Institute and polling 3,049 adults nationwide.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
South Korea’s highest court upheld the death penalty, 13 years after the last execution
- JANUARY 1, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes:
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes:
- OCTOBER 12, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: 920 EXECUTED SINCE 1948
Rep. Park Min-shik of the governing Grand National Party in South Korea said 920 condemned criminals were put to death from 1949 to 1997.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: KOREAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING VIETNAMESE LOVER
the Vietnamese Supreme Court sentenced South Korean national Kim Ki Jong, 26, to death for strangling his South Korean lover, Dao Thi H., in September, 2008, and burning her body.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: GOVERNMENT PLEDGES NON-APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
It has been confirmed by the Ministry of Justice that the South Korean government is agreeing to the non-application
- AUGUST 5, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL KILLINGS CONFIRMED
a man convicted of murdering 10 women in South Korea dropped his appeal, court officials said, making his death sentence final.
- AUGUST 4, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: HUMAN RIGHTS BODY CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY
the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) filed a petition with the Constitutional Court to end capital punishment.
- JULY 23, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL MURDERS
the Seoul High Court in South Korea upheld a lower court's death sentence for Kang Ho-sun, 38, for the murder of 10 women
- JUNE 10, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO HOLD PROCEEDING ON DEATH PENALTY
the South Korean Constitutional Court will hold a public proceeding to decide whether capital punishment is unconstitutional.