Constitutional Court of Korea

Jurisdiction

Statistics

As of Sep 30, 2025

Type
Filed
Settled
Dismissed by Panel
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2
Nonconformity3
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4
Conditionally
Constitutional5
Constitutional
Upheld6
Rejected
Dismissed
Other
Withdrawn
Pending
Type Total Constitutionality of Statutes1 Impeachment Dissolution of a Political Party Competence Dispute Constitutional Complaint
Sub total §68 I §68 II
Filed 54,502 1,150 16 2 147 53,187 42,003 11,184
Settled 53,100 1,101 15 2 136 51,846 41,204 10,642
Dismissed by Panel 34,256         34,256 27,950 6,306
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2 781 356       425 132 293
Nonconformity3 327 105       222 97 125
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4		 70 18       52 20 32
Conditionally
Constitutional5		 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 3,623 403       3,220 20 3,200
Upheld6 991   2 1 25 963 963  
Rejected 9,239   12   31 9,196 9,196  
Dismissed 2,521 81 1 1 56 2,382 1,890 492
Other 15       1 14 10 4
Withdrawn 1,249 131     23 1,095 926 169
Pending 1,402 49 1   11 1,341 799 542
  • This type of "Constitutionality of Statutes" case refers to the constitutionality of statutes cases brought by ordinary courts, i.e., any court other than the Constitutional Court.
  • "Unconstitutional" : Used in Constitutionality of Laws cases.
  • "Nonconformity" : This conclusion means the Court acknowledges a law's unconstitutionality but merely requests the National Assembly to revise it by a certain period while having the law remain effective until that time.
  • "Conditionally Unconstitutional" : In cases challenging the constitutionality of a law, the Court prohibits a particular way of interpretation of a law as unconstitutional, while having other interpretations remain constitutional.
  • "Conditionally Constitutional" : This means that a law is constitutional if it is interpreted according to the designated way.This is the converse of "Unconstitutional, in certain context". Both are regarded as decisions of "partially unconstitutional".
  • "Upheld" : This conclusion is used when the Court accepts a Constitutional Complaint which does not include a constitutionality of law issue.