page_title: Politics of South Korea
section_title: Political nature
hierarchical_section_title: Politics of South Korea / Political parties and elections / Political nature
caption_attribution_description: English: This graph traces the recent origins of all six main political parties currently in the Republic of Korea. All of which have either split from or merged with other parties in the last four years. They have emerged from four main ideological camps, from Left to Right: Progressive (socialist), liberal, centrist, and conservative. 한국어: 이 그래프는 현재 한국의 6개 주요 정당의 최근 기원을 보여 준다. 이 모든 것들은 지난 4년간 다른 당들과 분리되거나 통합되었다. 좌파에서 우파로 이어지는 진보 중도 보수의 4대 이념 진영에서 나왔다.
context_page_description: The politics of the Republic of Korea takes in place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state, and of a multi-party system. The government exercises Executive power and Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature and comprises a Supreme Court, appellate courts and a Constitutional Court. Since 1948, the constitution has undergone five major revisions, each signifying a new republic. The current Sixth Republic began with the last major constitutional revision in 1987.
  The Economist Intelligence Unit rated South Korea with a score of 8/10, making it the 23rd most democratic country in 2019
context_section_description: South Korea's political history has always been prone to splits from and merges with other parties. One reason is that there is greater emphasis around the 'politics of the person' and rather than party, therefore party loyalty is not strong when disagreements occur. The graph below illustrates the extent of the political volatility within the last 10 years alone. These splits were intensified after the 2016 South Korean political scandal.
caption: This graph traces the recent origins of all six main political parties currently in the Republic of Korea. All of which have either split from or merged with other parties in the last four years. They have emerged from four main ideological camps, from Left to Right: Progressive (socialist), liberal, centrist, and conservative.
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