National Security Act (South Korea)

The National Security Act is a South Korean law, enforced since 1948, with the stated purpose of ensuring "the security of the State and the subsistence and freedom of nationals, by regulating any anticipated activities compromising the safety of the State." However, the act now has a newly inserted article that limits its arbitrary application: "In the construction and application of this Act, it shall be limited to the minimum necessary in its construction and application to attain the aforementioned purpose, and shall not be permitted to construe this Act extensively, or to restrict unreasonably the fundamental human rights of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution." In 2004, legislators of the then-majority Uri Party attempted to annul the act, but failed due to opposition from the Grand National Party. Some poll results in 2004 and 2005 by the media cartel Chojoongdong showed that more than half of the Korean people opposed the abolition of the act.

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