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
- OCTOBER 10, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
HELPING SOUTH KOREA ON ITS SLOW PROGRESS TOWARDS ABOLITION
on World Day Against the Death Penalty, the World Coalition took part in a South Korean event aimed at bringing lawmakers closer to the abolition of capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 3, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DEATH PENALTY TO BE REVIEWED
in South Korea a provincial court has challenged the constitutionality of the current law
- JUNE 18, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
S KOREA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a provincial court in South Korea sentenced a convicted kidnapper and murderer of two girls and a woman to death.
- MAY 9, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: MILITARY MAY ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SUPERIORS
the South Korean government is seeking to revise the country's military penal code that imposes the death penalty for the murder of one's superior, sources said.
- MAY 7, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. SOLDIER GETS DEATH PENALTY
a military court of appeal upheld for a second time the death sentence on
- APRIL 3, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF MARINE
a South Korean man was sentenced to death in a court-martial for killing a South
- APRIL 1, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST KIDS
people who commit sexual assaults against children under 13 and kill them will
- FEBRUARY 20, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. FISHERMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a 71 year old fisherman, identified only by the surname Oh, charged with
- JANUARY 16, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER ACQUITTED 47 YEARS AFTER EXECUTION
a young newspaper publisher in South Korea who was executed in the early 1960s for collaborating...
- JANUARY 1, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes:
Capital punishment is provided for 103 crimes:
- DECEMBER 31, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA PARDONS SIX ON DEATH ROW
in South Korea, six inmates on death row had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 30, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA MARKS 10-YEAR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
South Korea marked its 10-year moratorium on the death penalty as activists called for the