President Of Korea Research Articles

A Critical Review on Composition of the Constitutional Court of Korea

The composition of the Constitutional Court is a crucial aspect for the realization of constitutionalism. While the Constitutional Court has been praised for its significant contributions to the establishment of constitutional democracy in Korea, there have been criticisms regarding the composition of the Court in both its institutional structure and operational practices. The Constitutional Court of Korea consists of nine justices. Although these nine justices are formally appointed by the President of Korea, three are elected by the National Assembly, and three are designated by the Chief of the Supreme Court. This means that the President, the majority of the National Assembly, and even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court can each choose three justices on their own without any consent or approval from other branches. This raises concerns about the lack of democratic legitimacy, judicial independence and the expertise of the Constitutional Court. Additionally, there are constitutional issues such as the relatively short term of office, the reappointment, the absence of a specified term for the Chief Justice, and the potential for prolonged vacancies of seats.

과학기술 규제개혁 정책의 결정과정 분석

This study analyzes the policy making process of ICT convergence industry’s regulatory sandbox in order to review characteristics and contexts of scientific technology regulatory reform policy that was caused by the process of the fourth industrial revolution. For the analysis, the enactment period of ｢Special Act on Promotion of Information and Communication and Revitalization of Convergence, etc.｣, which is a base law of ICT convergence industry’s regulatory sandbox, into Period 1 and Period 2, and each period is analyzed with the use of Kingdon’s multiple streams model. The results show that in the presidential elections of the two periods, the window of policy was open to a strong candidate’s campaign and election. The political tendency of the Period 1 showed irrational policy making with the combination of policy alternative and policy problem tendency, and no policy leader appeared. Nevertheless, in Period 2, the president of Korea appeared as a policy leader. Regarding the theoretical implications, the exactness of multiple streams model was identified in analyzing decision making process of ICT convergence industry regulatory reform policy. There was irrational policy making that political mainstream involved policy problems and alternatives, and the political mainstream was confirmed to become a basis and background of the advent of policy leader and the exertion of competence, so the importance of political mainstream highlighted by multiple streams model was recognized. Regarding the policy implications, it was confirmed that there could be an effectiveness problem of scientific technology regulatory reform policy unless the importance of horizontal and vertical governance in the scientific technology regulatory reform policy, and value acceptance of relevant ministries in the policy making process are considered.

A Comparative Study on the Principal Tasks for State Building and the Presidents of Korea and the Philippines: Syngman Rhee with Manuel Quezon and Others

A Comparative Study on the Principal Tasks for State Building and the Presidents of Korea and the Philippines: Syngman Rhee with Manuel Quezon and Others

Discourse analysis on the originals and translations of speeches by the President of Korea, Lee Myung-bak

This article investigates translation changes in the English translation of Korean presidential speeches, especially the New Year’s addresses made during the course of presidency since 2008 by President Lee Myung-bak. It illustrates internal changes found in the original speeches during the course of presidency in order to discover how internal changes affect the translation corpus such as the use of pronouns and frequent words. It shows that methodology of Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies can be used effectively to reveal changes both in the originals and in the translations in combination of a quantitative with a qualitative analysis. It is found that changes are identified at various levels: omissions, additions, and lexical changes at word level, tense and modal changes at phrase level, and theme-rheme changes at clausal level. In addition, apparent agency by means of the first person pronouns is identified in the translation.

Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südkorea aus strafrechtlicher Perspektive. Die Strafverfahren gegen zwei ehemalige Staatspräsidenten

After the Japanese occupation the Korean people lived under military dictatorship for decades. When General Chun Doo-Hwan organized a putsch in the late 70s, another era of military dictatorship followed. After the demonstrations for democracy in Kwangju-city were crushed in May 1980, Chun Doo-Hwan and Roh Tae-Woo were presidents of the country in the next 13 years. Only the discovery of a huge corruption scandal revealed the country’s need for analysis of its past. This article tries to explain the legal difficulties in prosecuting the former Presidents of Korea. The principal problems involved the question of prescription and the success of high treason in 1979/80. The author thinks that the prosecution and condemnation of the two former Presidents was justified by the idea of justice as already formulated in the constitution of Korea.