Constitutional Court of Korea

Jurisdiction

Statistics

As of Nov 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Withdrawn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 55,113 1,151 16 2 147 53,797 42,502 11,295
Settled 53,586 1,106 15 2 137 52,326 41,607 10,719
Dismissed by Panel 34,633         34,633 28,282 6,351
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2 781 356       425 132 293
Nonconformity3 328 105       223 98 125
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4		 70 18       52 20 32
Conditionally
Constitutional5		 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 3,657 408       3,249 20 3,229
Upheld6 998   2 1 25 970 970  
Rejected 9,287   12   31 9,244 9,244  
Dismissed 2,539 81 1 1 57 2,399 1,904 495
Other 15       1 14 10 4
Withdrawn 1,250 131     23 1,096 927 169
Pending 1,527 45 1   10 1,471 895 576
  • 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.