| Title: | South Korea: World Investment Service |
| Price: | $575.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 17, 2008 |
| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...South Korea is a constitutional democracy. The president is the head of state and serves afive-year term by direct election. The president is also the chief executive of the government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The State Council, or cabinet, which includesthe president and the prime minister, is responsible for formulating government policy. Theprime minister is appointed by the president. The National Assembly, or parliament, has onechamber and is directly elected every four years. Reflecting the past influence of the armedforces on South Korea's political life, the constitution stipulates that the armed forcesmaintain "political neutrality". The most recent presidential election was won in December #### by Lee Myung-bak of theright-leaning Grand National Party (GNP). A former mayor of the capital, Seoul, and executive of Hyundai, a major chaebol (conglomerate), Lee Myung-bak's landslide victory owed much to his pro-economic growth and pro-business policy platform. The... |
| Word Count: | 20744 |
| Length: | 45 Pages |
| Country: | South Korea |
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