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
- MAY 12, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREAN MAN GETS DEATH FOR STABBING SPREE
a South Korean court sentenced a man to death for killing six people in a stabbing spree in 2008, according to Seoul Central District Court spokesman Kwon Tae-hyung.
- APRIL 23, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAP-MURDER COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
a Seoul appeals court in South Korea commuted the death sentence of a man issued in January to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 23, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: KANG APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Kang Ho-soon lodged an appeal with a South Korean High Court against the death sentence imposed on him for murder a day earlier, court officials said.
- APRIL 21, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
S KOREAN SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a South Korean court handed down a death sentence to a masseur convicted of killing 10 people, including his wife and mother-in-law, an official said.
- MARCH 13, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: CRIMINAL LAW PROFESSORS DENOUNCE DEATH PENALTY
a total of 132 criminal law professors in South Korea, including Professor Han In- seop of Seoul National University, issued a joint statement in opposition to the government enforcing capital punishment after 11 years with no executions.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: TOP COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILDREN
the South Korean Supreme Court handed down an appellate court's death penalty to Chung Sung-hyun on charges of kidnapping and murdering three people, including two children, between 2004 and 2007.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
64 PERCENT OF KOREANS BACK DEATH PENALTY
64 percent of South Koreans back the death penalty, according to a survey conducted on 3,000 people over the age of 19 by Hankook Research.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: AMNESTY URGES SEOUL AGAINST RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY
the chief of Amnesty International (AI) asked South Korean President Lee Myung-bak not to resume the use of the death penalty...
- JANUARY 23, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: “GANGHWA STRANGLER” SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDERS
a court in Incheon, South Korea, issued a death sentence to a man identified only by his surname, Ha.
- JANUARY 1, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes:
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes:
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
S KOREA ABSTAINS IN UN VOTE ON ENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
South Korea abstained from voting on a UN resolution to end the death penalty worldwide...
- OCTOBER 31, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN URGES SOUTH KOREA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
during a recent visit to South Korea, a high-ranking Vatican official asked the prime minister, a Catholic, to abolish the country's death penalty. "