Abstract
In macro-economic terms, 2010 was a good year for the Republic of Korea (ROK - South Korea). The national economy, which had started to rebound from the 2008/09 economic and financial crisis in the latter part of 2009, continued to grow healthily in 2010. Two severe crises connected to inter-Korean relations, but also the G20 Seoul summit attracted the media limelight in 2010. To an extent these events overshadowed domestic political and economic affairs in the ROK, which are covered in this chapter, starting with judiciary- related controversies. With the economy and economic management in South Korea emerging from crisis mode in 2010, more structural, equality-oriented problems have (again) come into focus. The country's first commercial reactor went online only in 1978, but now the ROK is the fifth-largest nuclear power operator in the world, with 20 commercial reactors in operation. Keywords:domestic politics; economy; judiciary; local elections; national assembly; Republic of Korea (ROK)
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