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    Korea, South Government - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/korea_south/korea_south_government.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name
      conventional long form: Republic of Korea
      conventional short form: South Korea
      local short form: none
      note: the South Koreans generally use the term "Han'guk" to refer to their country
      local long form: Taehan-min'guk
      abbreviation: ROK

      Government type republic

      Capital Seoul

      Administrative divisions 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 7 metropolitan cities* (gwangyoksi, singular and plural); Cheju-do, Cholla-bukto, Cholla-namdo, Ch'ungch'ong-bukto, Ch'ungch'ong-namdo, Inch'on-gwangyoksi*, Kangwon-do, Kwangju-gwangyoksi*, Kyonggi-do, Kyongsang-bukto, Kyongsang-namdo, Pusan-gwangyoksi*, Soul-t'ukpyolsi*, Taegu-gwangyoksi*, Taejon-gwangyoksi*, Ulsan-gwangyoksi*

      Independence 15 August 1945 (from Japan)

      National holiday Liberation Day, 15 August (1945)

      Constitution 25 February 1988

      Legal system combines elements of continental European civil law systems, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought

      Suffrage 20 years of age; universal

      Executive branch
      chief of state: President KIM Dae-jung (since 25 February 1998)
      head of government: Prime Minister YI Han-tong (since 23 May 2000)
      cabinet: State Council appointed by the president on the prime minister's recommendation
      elections: president elected by popular vote for a single five-year term; election last held 18 December 1997 (next to be held 19 December 2002); prime minister appointed by the president; deputy prime ministers appointed by the president on the prime minister's recommendation
      election results: KIM Dae-jung elected president; percent of vote - KIM Dae-jung (MDP) 40.3% (with ULD partnership), YI Hoe-chang (GNP) 38.7%, YI In-che (NPP) 19.2%

      Legislative branch unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (273 seats total - 227 elected by direct, popular vote; members serve four-year terms); note - beginning in 2004, all members will be directly elected; possible redistricting before 2004 may affect the number of seats in the National Assembly
      elections: last held 13 April 2000 (next to be held NA April 2004)
      election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - GNP 133, MDP 115, ULD 17, other 8; note - the distribution of seats as of January 2002 is: GNP 136, MDP 118, ULD 15, DPP 2, independents 2

      Judicial branch Supreme Court (justices are appointed by the president with the consent of the National Assembly)

      Political parties and leaders Democratic People's Party or DPP [CHO Sun, chairman]; Grand National Party or GNP [YI Hoe-chang, president]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [leader NA]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Chong-p'il, honorary chairman, KIM Chong-ho, acting president]
      note: on 20 January 2000, the National Congress for New Politics or NCNP was renamed the Millennium Democratic Party or MDP

      Political pressure groups and leaders Federation of Korean Industries; Federation of Korean Trade Unions; Korean Confederation of Trade Unions; Korean National Council of Churches; Korean Traders Association; Korean Veterans' Association; National Council of Labor Unions; National Democratic Alliance of Korea; National Federation of Farmers' Associations; National Federation of Student Associations

      International organization participation AfDB, APEC, ARF (dialogue partner), AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CP, EBRD, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IEA (observer), IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMOGIP, UNOMIG, UNTAET, UNU, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC

      Diplomatic representation in the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador YANG Song-chol
      chancery: 2450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
      consulate(s) general: Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle
      consulate(s): Tamuning (Guam)
      FAX: [1] (202) 387-0205
      telephone: [1] (202) 939-5600

      Diplomatic representation from the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas C. HUBBARD
      embassy: 82 Sejong-ro, Chongro-ku, Seoul 110-710
      mailing address: American Embassy, Unit 15550, APO AP 96205-0001
      telephone: [82] (2) 397-4114
      FAX: [82] (2) 738-8845

      Flag description white with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field

      NOTE: The information regarding Korea, South on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South Government 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South Government 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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