SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea will hold a key session of its rubber-stamp parliament next month to discuss a range of issues, including a constitutional amendment, the North’s state media reported Friday. The standing committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly held its 34th plenary meeting the previous day at the Mansudae Assembly [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Thursday its constitution clearly defines South Korea as a “hostile state,” highly suggesting that Pyongyang has amended its constitution in line with leader Kim Jong-un’s order to codify the South as an enemy, not a partner for reconciliation and unification. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has stipulated the policy of strengthening its nuclear force in the constitution at a key parliamentary meeting, as leader Kim Jong-un said trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan poses “the worst actual threat.” The decision was made at the ninth session of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Of the 130 provisions laid out in the current edition of the Constitution, people were found to most favor Article 1, which states that the sovereign power of the nation belongs to its people and that the nation is a democratic republic. This is according to a survey carried [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean animal rights group Care is challenging the 98th article of the Civil Code, which designates animals as “things,” and has asked the Constitutional Court of Korea to adjudicate its constitutionality. The code legally defines “things” as “corporeal things, electricity, and other natural forces which can be managed,” [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s three major parties excluding the biggest Democratic Party are seeking to revise the Constitution to adopt a four-year, two-term presidency while shortening the next president’s tenure to three years. The Korean president currently serves a single, five-year term. Earlier this week, the Liberty Korea Party, the People’s [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time in the 13 years since 2004, a South Korean court has ruled that a reservist who said no to reserve training is innocent. Judge Lee Hyung-gul from the Cheongju District Court ruled Sunday that a 34-year-old man identified as Yoo was innocent of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Lawmakers kicked off the debate to rewrite the Constitution on Thursday amid growing consensus to limit excessive presidential powers acutely brought home to South Koreans by a recent scandal involving President Park Geun-hye. A bipartisan parliamentary committee on the amendment held its first meeting, electing Rep. Lee Ju-young of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Barun Law, a local law firm representing 5,354 owners of Volkswagen vehicles affected by the company’s emissions scandal, the Constitutional Court of Korea is set to deliberate on its previously filed constitutional complaint, which asked the government to issue a replacement order for the vehicles. No recall [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The answer was ‘Yes’ for almost a third of Koreans. Although the constitution is supposed to guarantee some of the most basic rights for all members of society, a recent survey by the Constitutional Court of Korea (CCK) revealed that over 30.5 percent (1,997) of respondents had experienced violations [...]