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Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
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Constitution
- Constitution of Republic of Korea (external link) (World Law Information Center)
- International Constitutional Law: South Korea (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
Executive
Judicial
- Supreme Court (external link)
- Constitutional Court (external link)
- Ministry of Justice (external link)
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Kwanbo (external link)
- PARLIAMENT: National Assembly [Kukhoe] (external link)
- Korean Laws in English (external link) (Korea Ministry of Government Legislation)
- Statutes of Republic of Korea (external link) (Korea Legislation Research Institute)
- NATLEX: Korea (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: South Korea (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: South Korea (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Korea (South) (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- FindLaw: Korea (South) (external link)
- ForIntLaw: Republic of Korea (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Korea: South and North (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Korean Bar Association (external link)
- Legal News (in Korean) LawnB (external link); Law Times (external link); and Legal Times (external link)
- South Korean Law Research on the Internet (external link) (GlobaLex)
- Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (external link) (LLRX) includes Korea (external link)
- World Legal Information Institute: Korea (South) (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: Korea (Republic) (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: South Korea (Library of Congress) June 1990
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Korea, South (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: South Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Korea, South (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Republic of Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economist Topics: South Korea (external link)
- Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington (external link)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations with South Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Human Rights in Republic of Korea (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Korea, Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Korea (external link)
- NEWS: Korea Herald (external link); Chosun Ilbo (external link); Korea Joongang Daily (external link); Hankyoreh (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Seoul (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Korea, South (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Korea, South (external link)
For more information on South Korea see:
Last Updated: 01/19/2013
