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National Police Commission (South Korea)
The National Police Commission is the policy making and oversight body of the National Police Agency of South Korea. It is headquartered in Seoul. It was established on July 31, 1991, as part of a general reorganization of the national police force. See also *Government of South Korea * List of South Korean government agencies * List of law enforcement agencies *Public safety References External linksOfficial site Law enforcement agencies of South Korea Korea, South South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
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National Police Agency (South Korea)
The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), also known as the Korean National Police (KNP), is one of the national police organizations in South Korea. It is run under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. Its headquarters is 97, Tongil-ro, Seodaemun, Seoul. The agency is divided into 18 local police agencies, including the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Local police agencies are not independent of the national police. The spiritual origins of Korean Police organization date to the Police Department of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. After the end of the decades-long Japanese colonial rule, the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) created a police administration bureau under U.S. military governance, and established a police department in every province, relying upon the police from the Japanese colonial era to maintain law and order. The present-day agency was created in 1991, reshuffling the National Security Headquarters in the Minist ...
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ...
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Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the Constitution of North Korea, 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's List of cities by GDP, fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a List of South Korean regions by GDP, GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With ma ...
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Government Of South Korea
The Government of South Korea is the union government of the Republic of Korea, created by the Constitution of South Korea as the executive, legislative and judicial authority of the republic. The president acts as the head of state and is the highest figure of executive authority in the country, followed by the prime minister and government ministers in decreasing order. The Executive and Legislative branches operate primarily at the national level, although various ministries in the executive branch also carry out local functions. Local governments are semi-autonomous and contain executive and legislative bodies of their own. The judicial branch operates at both the national and local levels. The South Korean government's structure is determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. This document has been revised several times since its first promulgation in 1948 (for details, see History of South Korea). However, it has retained many broad characteristics; with the ...
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List Of South Korean Government Agencies
This is a partial list of government agencies of South Korea, under the executive branch. Ministries *Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부, 文化體育觀光部) *Ministry of Education (교육부, 敎育科學技術部) *Ministry of Environment (환경부, 環境部) * Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (농림축산식품부, 農林水産食品部) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (외교부, 外交通商部) * Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (여성가족부, 女性部) *Ministry of Government Legislation (법제처, 法制處) * Ministry for Health and Welfare (보건복지부, 保健福祉部) * Ministry of Justice (법무부, 法務部) * Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (산업통상자원부, 産業通商資源部) * Ministry of Employment and Labor (고용노동부, 勞動部) * Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (국토교통부, 國土海洋部) * Ministry of National Defense (국방부, 國防部) * Min ...
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List Of Law Enforcement Agencies
A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a special or local police/sheriffs, state troopers, and federal law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies, organized by continent and then by country. International * Ameripol, (Police Community of the Americans or Ameripol) * ASEANAPOL, (Inter-Asean Police) * EUROGENDFOR (European Gendarmerie Force) * European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina *European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo * Europol (European Police Office) *Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) * Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit *United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo * GCCPOL, ( Gulf Cooperation Council Police) *SELEC ( Southeast European Law enforcement Center), for th ...
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Public Safety
Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensure the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against threats to their well-being, survival, and prosperity. The public safety issues that a municipality, county, regional, or federal jurisdiction may handle include crimes (ranging from misdemeanors to felonies), structure fires, conflagrations, medical emergencies, mass-casualty incidents, disasters, terrorism, and other concerns. Public safety organizations are organizations that conduct public safety. They generally consist of emergency services and first responders such as law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, security forces, and military forces. They are often operated by a government, though some private p ...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Of South Korea
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people. Legal systems vary between jurisdictions, ...
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