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== Military == | == Military == | ||
The army of the Republic of Korea is divided into several branches, these are the branches themselves as well as; sub-branches, specialist groups, scrim groups and academies. As of currently, the Republic of Korea has five military branches and an intelligence branch (this being the NIS), these are the: Republic of Korea Army | The army of the Republic of Korea is divided into several branches, these are the branches themselves as well as; sub-branches, specialist groups, scrim groups and academies. As of currently, the Republic of Korea has five military branches and an intelligence branch (this being the NIS), these are the: Republic of Korea Army, Republic of Korea Air force, Republic of Korea Navy, Republic of Korea Marine Corps and the Special Warfare Command, depending on which President is Commander-in-Chief, the SWC serves under the RoKA or as a stand-alone branch. | ||
== Politics == | == Politics == | ||
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Being a unicameral legislature, it holds General Elections, this ususally happends after around 4 months (sometimes taking longer), during the General Elections, parties must gain votes, a certain amount of seats will be constributed between the running parties (the amount is usually announced). The party with the most votes get the most seats and becomes the majority. The Prime Minister isn't automatically someone from the biggest party, they are usually appointed by the President when winning the elections. | Being a unicameral legislature, it holds General Elections, this ususally happends after around 4 months (sometimes taking longer), during the General Elections, parties must gain votes, a certain amount of seats will be constributed between the running parties (the amount is usually announced). The party with the most votes get the most seats and becomes the majority. The Prime Minister isn't automatically someone from the biggest party, they are usually appointed by the President when winning the elections. | ||
== Abbreviations == | |||
Within the Republic of Korea you will hear a lot of different terms like RoK and RoKAF for example, therefore this abbreviations list of the most common words: | |||
* '''Republic of Korea Army''' – RoKA | |||
* '''Republic of Korea Air Force''' – RoKAF | |||
* '''Republic of Korea Navy''' – RoKN | |||
* '''Republic of Korea Marine Corps''' – RoKMC | |||
* '''Special Warfare Command''' – SWC | |||
* '''National Intelligence Service''' – NIS | |||
* '''Republic of Korea''' – RoK | |||
* '''National Assembly''' – NA | |||
* '''Speaker of the National Assembly''' – SoNA (DSoNA when refering to the Deputy speaker of the NA) | |||