「CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA」
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
[Enforcement Date 25. Feb, 1988.] [Constitution No.10, 29. Oct, 1987., Whole Amendment]
Jul. 17, 1948
Amended by Jul. 7, 1952
Nov. 29, 1954
Jun. 15, 1960
Nov. 29, 1960
Dec. 26, 1962
Oct. 21, 1969
Dec. 27, 1972
Oct. 27, 1980
Oct. 29, 1987
PREAMBLE
We, the people of Korea, proud of a resplendent history and traditions dating from time
immemorial, upholding the cause of the Provisional Republic of Korea Government born of the
March First Independence Movement of 1919 and the democratic ideals of the April
Nineteenth Uprising of 1960 against injustice, having assumed the mission of democratic
reform and peaceful unification of our homeland and having determined to consolidate
national unity with justice, humanitarianism and brotherly love, and To destroy all social vices
and injustice, and To afford equal opportunities to every person and provide for the fullest
development of individual capabilities in all fields, including political, economic, social and
cultural life by further strengthening the basic free and democratic order conducive to private
initiative and public harmony, and To help each person discharge those duties and
responsibilities concomitant to freedoms and rights, and To elevate the quality of life for all
citizens and contribute to lasting world peace and the common prosperity of mankind and
thereby to ensure security, liberty and happiness for ourselves and our posterity forever, Do
hereby amend, through national referendum following a resolution by the National Assembly,
the Constitution, ordained and established on the Twelfth Day of July anno Domini Nineteen
hundred and forty-eight, and amended eight times subsequently.
Oct. 29, 1987
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