Judicial Department

The judicial branch refers to the national authority that exercises judicial power
separate from the administrative and the legislative branch. Article 101 of the
Korean Constitutional law stipulates that judicial power belongs to court
consisting of judges to promote the rule of law and the Article 27 further states
that all citizens possess the right to have fair and prompt trial by legitimate legal
procedures.
*The Supreme Court is the head of the judicial branch of government and the
final court of appeal for all cases in South Korean law.
The supreme court is independent of the government and is highest court in the
land. The constitutional court interprets the constitution.
*The Supreme Court, seated in Seoul, consists of fourteen Justices, including
one Chief Justice.
*The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has the power over all court
administration, and can recommend court-related legislation to the National
Assembly.
The Supreme Court Chief Justice is appointed by the President with the consent
of the National Assembly, and other Supreme Court justices are appointed by
the President upon the recommendation of the Chief Justice. The term for the
Chief Justice and justices is six years.
-Qualification of justices
*The Justices must be at least 40 years old, and have at least 15 years of
experience practicing law. They serve for six-year terms; the Chief Justice cannot
be reappointed, but the other justices can.
*The Judiciary of the government is composed of the Supreme Court, appellate
courts, district courts, family courts, administrative courts, and the patent court
among others.
All courts are under the jurisdiction of the national judiciary; independent local
courts are not permitted. Judges throughout the system are required to have
passed a rigorous training system including a two-year program and two-year
apprenticeship. All judicial training is provided through the Judicial Research and
Training Institute, and is limited to those who have already passed the National
Judicial Examination.

*The Constitutional Court, independent from the Supreme Court

The Constitutional Court consists of nine judges. Of these, three are
recommended by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, three by the National
Assembly, and three by the president; however, all must be appointed by the
president. The President of the Constitutional Court is appointed by the national
president, subject to the approval of the National Assembly. The members of
the court serve for six-year renewable terms, and cannot be older than 65
(except for the President of the court, who may be as old as 70).

Main parties of South Korea

parliamentary group
-democratic party (Song Young-Gil)
-people power party (Lee jun-seok)
The main two political parties in South Korea are the liberal Democratic Party of
Korea
and the conservative People Power Party n formerly the United Future Party
(UFP).
The liberal camp and the conservative camp are the dominant forces of South
Korean politics at present.

non parliamentary Group

-Justice Party (Yeo Yeong-Gug)
-People party (Ahh Cheol-Soo)
-Transition Korea (Cho Jung-Hun)
The Democratic Party was formed as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy
(Saejeongchi Minju Yeonhap)
on 26 March 2014 after the independent faction led by Ahn Cheol-soo,
then in the process of forming a party called the New Political Vision Party,
merged with the main opposition Democratic Party, led by Kim Han-gil.
Ahn and Kim became joint leaders of the new party. The party performed poorly
in by-elections that July, however,
and both leaders stepped down, having served for three months. Leadership of
the party was assumed by an emergency committee.

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