Constitution of Korea (Republic of) 1948 (rev. 1987) | Land Portal

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December 1948
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constituteproject:859
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The National Assembly proposed the constitution and the people approved it in a referendum.

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An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the US in 1945. After World War II, a democratic-based government (Republic of Korea, ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style government was installed in the north (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK).

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