Constitution of South Korea

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The Constitution of the Republic of Korea is the supreme law of South Korea. It was promulgated on 17 July 1948, and was amended nine times with the last revision of the constitution amended on 29 October 1987. The constitution consists of ten chapters and 130 articles and codifies South Korea's basic principles on politics, economy, culture and national defense, the basic rights and duties of the country's citizens, the organization of the South Korean government and the country's national symbols. While South Korean constitution is basically an example of written constitution, some of its enforceable constitutional laws are existing in format of unwritten constitution, when recognized by decisions of the Constitutional Court of Korea. Most prominent example of such unwritten elements is customary constitution identifying Seoul as sole national capital city.

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