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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Sign Language
Korean Sign Language or KSL ( or ) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea under the North-South Korean border. It is often referred to simply as , which means signing in general. KSL is currently one of two official languages in South Korea along with Korean. Beginnings The beginnings of KSL date from 1889,Fischer, Susan ''et al.'' (2010). "Variation in East Asian Sign Language Structures" in although standardization efforts have only begun in 2000. The first South Korean school for the Deaf was established on April 1, 1913, in Seoul, and it was renamed as the National School for the Deaf in 1945, to be later renamed the Seoul School for the Deaf in 1951. Commonality Although the origins of KSL predate the Japanese colonial period (''de jure In law and government, ''de jure'' ( ; , "by law") describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. In contrast, ("in fact") describes situations that exis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revised Romanization Of Korean
Revised Romanization of Korean () is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. It was developed by the National Academy of the Korean Language from 1995 and was released to the public on 7 July 2000 by South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Proclamation No. 2000-8. The new system addressed problems in the implementation of the McCune–Reischauer system, such as the phenomena where different consonants and vowels became indistinguishable in the absence of special symbols. To be specific, under the McCune–Reischauer system, Korean consonants ''(k)'', ''(t)'', ''(p)'' and ''(ch)'' and ''(kʼ)'', ''(tʼ)'', ''(pʼ)'' and ''(chʼ)'' became indistinguishable when the apostrophe was removed. In addition, Korean vowels ''(ŏ)'' and ''(o)'', as well as ''(ŭ)'' and ''(u)'', became indistinguishable when the breve was removed. Especially in internet use, where omission of apostrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitary State
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create (or abolish) administrative divisions (sub-national units). Such units exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. Although political power may be delegated through devolution to regional or local governments by statute, the central government may abrogate the acts of devolved governments or curtail (or expand) their powers. Unitary states stand in contrast with federations, also known as ''federal states''. A large majority of the world's sovereign states (166 of the 193 UN member states) have a unitary system of government. Devolution compared with federalism A unitary system of government can be considered the opposite of federalism. In federations, the provincial/regional governments share powers with the central government as equal actors through a written constitution, to which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Nam-seok
Yoo Nam-seok (; born 1 May 1957) is the 7th President of the Constitutional Court of Korea. Early life Born in Mokpo, Jeonnam Province of South Korea, Yoo Nam-Seok graduated from Seoul National University college of law. He passed the 23rd National Bar Exam in 1981 and completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1983 to be a judge. He expressed his view that conscientious objectors should be allowed to be granted the opportunity for alternative military service instead of being punished on his paper titled ‘Legal Review on Conscientious Objectors’ during his military service as an army legal officer in 1985. He was a presiding judge of the Seoul High Court before becoming the 35th Chief Judge of the Gwangju High Court to replace his predecessor Bang Geukseong in February 2016. He was nominated as a Constitutional Court justice by President of South Korea Moon Jae-in on October 19, 2017, and sworn in on November 13, 2017. The National Assembly passed a bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Constitutional Court Of Korea
The President of the Constitutional Court of Korea () is the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea. As presiding judge of Full bench composed of nine Justices, the President represents the Constitutional Court of Korea. The President of the Constitutional Court of Korea is regarded as one of two equivalent heads of judicial branch in Government of South Korea. Another is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Korea. The equivalent status of the President to the Chief is guaranteed by article 15 of Constitutional Court Act. The current President of the Constitutional Court of Korea is Yoo Nam-seok. Appointment Under chapter 6, article 111(4) of Constitution and article 12(1) of Constitutional Court Act, the President of the Constitutional Court of Korea is appointed by the President of South Korea from among the nine Justices of Constitutional Court, with the consent of the National Assembly of South Korea. Since the President is selected among nine Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Myeong-soo
Kim Myeong-soo (; born 12 October 1959) is a South Korean jurist and the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea, inaugurated on 25 September 2017, succeeding the outgoing Yang Sung-tae. Biography Kim graduated from the Seoul National University School of Law Seoul National University School of Law ( ko, 서울대학교 법학전문대학원; SNU Law) is one of the professional graduate schools of Seoul National University, located in Seoul, South Korea. SNU Law is widely considered to be the most pr ... in 1981, and passed the National Judicial Examination in 1983. He began his career at the Northern Branch Court of Seoul District Court in 1986. In February 2016, he was assigned as the Chief Judge of Chuncheon District. He began his 6-year term as Chief Justice on 25 September 2017, after being elected in a 160–134 vote of parliamentary approval. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Myeong-soo 1959 births Living people South Korean judges Chief justices of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Korea
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea () is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. As presiding judge of Grand bench composed of two-thirds of fourteen Supreme Court Justices, the Chief represents the Supreme Court of Korea. The Chief Justice is regarded as one of two equivalent heads of judicial branch in Government of South Korea. Another head is President of the Constitutional Court of Korea. The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea is Kim Myeong-soo. Appointment and tenure Under chapter 5, article 104(1) of Constitution, and article 12(1) of Court Organization Act, the Chief Justice is appointed by the President of South Korea with the consent of the National Assembly of South Korea. While article 105(1) of Constitution sets term length of the Chief Justice as non-renewable single term of six-years, its mandatory age of retirement is delegated to sub-constitutional regulation by article 105(4) of Constitution. Currently, the Chief Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jin-pyo (politician)
Kim Jin-pyo (; born 4 May 1947) is a South Korean politician previously served as a government minister under two liberal Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and currently representing Suwon at the National Assembly from 2004. He has dedicated his career in public service as a public servant for 30 years and then as government minister and a parliamentarian. He is considered as the more conservative wing of the centrist, liberal Democratic Party. Pre-Minister career After passing the state exam in 1974, he began his career as a public servant at one of regional offices of National Tax Service. Apart from working for Deputy Prime Minister Rha Woong-bae as his chief of staff for five months in 1996, he continued working on tax. He was part of a small task-force to prepare "real-name financial system" and one of nine people apart from then-President Kim Young-sam who knew about this before it was announced by the president. Under President Kim Dae-jung, he led the Tax and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The National Assembly Of South Korea
The speaker of the National Assembly () is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of South Korea. List of speakers List of deputy speakers Notes Politics of South Korea 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 ... Speakers of the National Assembly * {{politics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Duck-soo
Han Duck-soo (; born 18 June 1949) is a South Korean politician serving as the 44th and current Prime Minister of South Korea since May 2022. Han is the fifth person to serve as the prime minister twice having served as the 38th Prime Minister under President Roh Moo-hyun from 2007 to 2008. He was the ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2012. He served as Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association from 2012 to 2015. Education Han graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1971. He received a master's degree in economics in 1979 and a doctorate in economics in 1984 from Harvard University. Career His career spans over 35 years, starting at the National Tax Service in 1970 and the Economic Planning Board four years later. In 1982, he moved to what is now the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, where he rose to Vice Minister in 1997–1998, during the Asian financial crisis; he later became Minister of Trade Affai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of South Korea
The prime minister of the Republic of Korea (PMOTROK or PMOSK; ) is the deputy head of government and the second highest political office of South Korea who is appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea, with the National Assembly's approval. The prime minister may be a member of the National Assembly, but this is not required to hold the office. The prime minister of South Korea is not the head of government of South Korea, for the President is both the head of state and government in the country. Han Duck-soo is the current prime minister. He took the office on 20 May 2022. Nomenclature The Sino-Korean word ''gukmu'' (/) means "state affairs" and ''chongri'' (/) means "prime minister", "premier" or "chancellor", so the full title in Korean means literally "Prime Minister for State Affairs", but it is not used as official English title. The short title in Korean is just ''Chongri''. History The position was created on 31 July 1948, two weeks before the governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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