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Korea
Republic of Korea ("South Korea")
Taehan-min'guk [or Daehan Min-kuk]

CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: South Korea (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes

EXECUTIVE

* President
* Prime Minister
* Korea Government - in Korean with English
* KOIS: Korean Information Service

JUDICIAL

* Supreme Court
* Constitutional Court
* Ministry of Justice

LEGISLATIVE

* OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Kwanbo
* PARLIAMENT: Kukhoe [National Assembly]
* GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers 2,897 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations from October 1948 to October 2004, with full-text access
* Comprehensive Legal Information Service System (Ministry of Legislation/Supreme Court) includes a guide in English
* NATLEX: Korea (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* E-Transaction Law Resources: South Korea (Baker & McKenzie)

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: South Korea (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* AsianLII: Korea (South) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
* FindLaw: Korea (South)
* ForIntLaw: Republic of Korea (Washburn University Law Library)
* Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Korea (New York University Law Library)
* JURIST: South Korea (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Korean Bar Association in Korean
* Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet (Southern Illinois University School of Law Library)
* Lawyers Directory (LawKorea.com) in Korean
* Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes Korea
* World Legal Information Institute: Korea (South) (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Asia: Korea (Republic) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: South Korea (Library of Congress) June 1990
* Portals to the World: Korea (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: South Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
* 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 Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Republic of Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Economic Briefing: South Korea (The Economist)
* Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington
* Governments on the WWW: Korea (Republic) (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Republic of Korea (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Korea, Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Korea (in Korean); see English version
* NEWS: BBC World Service Asia-Pacific
* U.S. Embassy, Seoul (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Korea, South (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: South Korea (Google); Korea, South (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: South Korea (Duke University)