South Korea & JapanSouth Korea & Japan

Introduction For South Korea

Korea’s name means “The Land of Morning Calm” . Korea lives up to their name’s meaning . It is such a beautiful place and have an interesting history. Korea is a role model country for other countries. Their art shows the artist’s personalities and beliefs. Their government is a republican type too. Which means the people have a part in the government.

Geography

South Korea and North Korea were divided at the 38th parallel because of the Korean War. North Korea was named The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and South Korea is called The Republic of Korea.

Government (South Korea)

Korean Government

Executive Legislative Judicial

The Korean Government is divided into three branches: the Judicial, the Executive and the Legislative. Below them are many other smaller branches.

Judicial branch (Korea)

Judicial

Supreme Court Local Court High Court

Family Court

District Court Patent CourtAdministrative

Court

Executive branch (Korea)

Executive

President Prime MinisterState Council

Ministers Prime Minister

Solely responsible for important government polices. “first” minister 15-30 people

Legislative branch (Korea)

Legislative branch

299 members The Assembly 4 year terms

Must be 25 years old

or olderSelected by

majority votes

Makes law

Arts (Korea)Korean painters showed accumulated skills from the Three Kingdoms

Most paintings have been lost ‘cause they were drawn on papers.

During the Three Kingdoms era, Goguryeo , Baekje and Silla developed different fine arts influenced by their own unique land features, political and societal conditions

Mural paintings from Goguryeo tombs, mostly found around Jiban and Pyongyang, illustrate the art of this kingdom.

The art of Baekje is best characterized by soft surfaces and warm smiles as seen in the Buddhist triad carved in a rock in mountains.

Introduction for Japan

Japan’s name is the meaning “Rising of the Sun.” Japan’s history is very intriguing as well. Japan’s government is a constitutional monarchy. That means they’re a free country with a prime minister, not presidents. Their art is very charming and it shows personality too.

Geography (Japan)

Japan is a island country. It sort of looks like a letter J. The capital is Tokyo, right where the pin is. Japan also have a lot of natural disasters. Such as Tsunamis, Volcanic eruptions and the earthquakes.

Government (Japan)

As you can see, Japan have same branches in government as S. Korea.

Government System

Legislative Executive Judicial

Executive branch (Japan)

Executive branch

House of Rep. Prime minister Emperor

75-100 peopleHave Gov. Power

(Leader of theCountry)

NO GovernmentPower

Judicial branch (Japan)

As you can see, Japan have one less kind of court than South Korea.

Judicial branch

District court High Court Supreme court

Judicial branch

Local Court Patent court Family court

Arts (Japan) There are many kinds of Japanese art.Most of them came from other countries : India, Korea, and China. Techniques from other countries are mixed with techniques from Japan. The Japanese art is most about nature. Japanese also made art by carving wood, jade, and bronze.

Credits

www.korea.net

go-passport.grolier.com

www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja/html

www.wikipedia.org

encarta.msn.com

http://online.culturegrams.com/

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