Korean Cultural Center
Korean Cultural Centers are non-profit institutions aligned with the Government of South Korea that aim to promote Korean culture and facilitate cultural exchanges.
Government of South Korea
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Government of the Republic of Korea
Emblem of South Korea.svg
Emblem of Republic of Korea
Formation 1948
Jurisdiction South Korea
Legislative branch
Legislature National Assembly
Meeting place National Assembly Building
Executive branch
Leader President of South Korea
Appointer Direct popular vote
Headquarters The Blue House
Main organ State Council
Departments 17
Judicial branch
Court Supreme Court
Seat Seoul
Government of South Korea
Hangul 대한민국정부
Hanja 大韓民國政府
Revised Romanization Daehanminguk Jeongbu
McCune–Reischauer Taehanmin’guk Chŏngbu
The Government of South Korea (officially the Government of the Republic of Korea) is divided into three main executive, judicial and legislative branches and plus electoral branch. The executive and judicial 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 exception of the short-lived Second Republic of South Korea, the country has always had a presidential system with a relatively independent chief executive.
As with most stable three-branch systems, a careful system of checks and balances is in place. For instance, the judges of the Constitutional Court are partially appointed by the executive, and partially by the legislature. Likewise, when a resolution of impeachment is passed by the legislature, it is sent to the judiciary for a final decision.
However, in South Korea, Elections are constitutionally independently managed by the National Election Commission.