Major Issues in the 2002 ROK Presidential Election

Abstract

Since its founding in 1948, the Republic of Korea65 has had a strong presidential system of government except for a brief period of parliamentary rule from 1960 to 1961.66 There have been 16 presidential elections in South Korea since the republic was founded in 1948, including four since democratization in1987.67 There were several important issues during the 2002campaign, but a series of corruption scandals surrounding President Kim Dae-jung raised the electorates demand for political reforms. Economic policy and regionalism were also important during the 2002 campaign, but North Koreas nuclear weapons program and a naval clash with North Korea in June2002 raised concerns over security and government policy towards Pyongyang. In general, the major issues in the 2002presidential election can be placed into three broad categories: corruption and political reform; inter-Korean relations; and bilateral relations with the United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1031457

Entities

People

  • Daniel A. Pinkston

Organizations

  • Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Court Martial
  • Elections
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Korea
  • Military Training
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Revolutions
  • Security
  • South Korea
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.