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South Korea
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Present
Electoral System
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Parallel
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Electoral
System Type
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Semi-PR
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Population
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47.9
millions
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Age
Structure
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0-14
21.59%
15-64
71.14%
65
over 7.27%
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Average
Education Level
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N/A
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Territories
(Location, Total Area)
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Asia,
Total:
98,480 sq km
Land:
98,190 sq km
Water:
290 sq km
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Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
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N/A
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Ethnic
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Homogeneous
(except for about 20,000 Chinese)
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Geographical
Variation
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9
provinces and 7 metropolitan cities.
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System
of Govt.
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Republic
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Power
of Govt.
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Executive,
legislative, judicial
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Political
Party
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Grand
National Party (GNP), Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), United
Liberal Democratics (ULD)
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Admin.
of Govt.
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President
Prime
Minister
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Colonialism
History
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Japanese
colony era
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Royal
Commission
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N/A
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Candidate
Number
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President
elected by popular vote serve 5-year terms.
Prime
minister appointed by the President.
Unicameral
National Assembly or Kukhoe (273 seats) –227 seats elected by
direct, popular vote; members serve 4-year terms.
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Economic
Structure
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One
of the four dragons of East Asia
Industrial-technologies
(electronic, automobile production, chemicals, steels, footwear,
etc.)
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Cost
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3.75
millions in US dollars
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Security
Issue
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North
Korea nuclear issue
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Telecom.
Type
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http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/ks/Korea_South_communications.htm
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IT
Dev. Level
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Developed
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Law/
Regulation
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http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/ks00t___.html
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