The Republic of Korea (ROK)-
Capital- Seoul (37'33"N 126'59")
-ROK is a republic
- Became independent from Japan on August 15th, 1945
- The national holiday is "Liberation Day," which is celebrated on the 15th of August
- Chief of State- President Park Geun-hye
- Head of Government- Prime Minister Chung Hong-won
- The president of ROK is elected by popular vote, the prime minister is appointed by the president with the consent of the National Assembly
- The legislative branch of ROK is a unicameral assembly, or Gukhoe, where there are 300 seats. 246 are elected in single-seat constituencies, 54 in proportional representations.
- The judicial branch of ROK is made up of the Supreme Court of South Korea and a Constitutional Court
- Suffrage is granted to nineteen year olds
- ROK's ambassador to the US is Ahn Ho-young and their embassy is located at 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington DC. Their consulates are in Guam, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.
- The US ambassador to South Korea is Sung Y Kim, and our embassy is located at 188 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul. We have no consulates there.
- Their permanent representative to the UN is Oh Joon
- Their flag is called Taegukki. The white symbolizes peace and purity, the blue symbolizes the cosmic forces of Yin, the red is the opposite positive forces of Yang. Each trigram denotes one of the four universal elements which symbolize movement and harmony.
- National anthem-
Capital- Seoul (37'33"N 126'59")
-ROK is a republic
- Became independent from Japan on August 15th, 1945
- The national holiday is "Liberation Day," which is celebrated on the 15th of August
- Chief of State- President Park Geun-hye
- Head of Government- Prime Minister Chung Hong-won
- The president of ROK is elected by popular vote, the prime minister is appointed by the president with the consent of the National Assembly
- The legislative branch of ROK is a unicameral assembly, or Gukhoe, where there are 300 seats. 246 are elected in single-seat constituencies, 54 in proportional representations.
- The judicial branch of ROK is made up of the Supreme Court of South Korea and a Constitutional Court
- Suffrage is granted to nineteen year olds
- ROK's ambassador to the US is Ahn Ho-young and their embassy is located at 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington DC. Their consulates are in Guam, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.
- The US ambassador to South Korea is Sung Y Kim, and our embassy is located at 188 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul. We have no consulates there.
- Their permanent representative to the UN is Oh Joon
- Their flag is called Taegukki. The white symbolizes peace and purity, the blue symbolizes the cosmic forces of Yin, the red is the opposite positive forces of Yang. Each trigram denotes one of the four universal elements which symbolize movement and harmony.
- National anthem-
- The national symbol of the ROK is the taegeuk, or yin yang.
- The Republic of Korea experiences international issues with North Korea over the DMZ and a cease fire that was signed in 1953.
- The ROK has no refugees or internationally displaced persons, but 159 stateless persons.
- No information regarding trafficking or drug use was available.
- The Republic of Korea experiences international issues with North Korea over the DMZ and a cease fire that was signed in 1953.
- The ROK has no refugees or internationally displaced persons, but 159 stateless persons.
- No information regarding trafficking or drug use was available.