The highest sentence in South Korea is the death penalty.
According to the penal code of South Korea, as outlined in Article 41, the death penalty stands as the most severe punishment within the penal system.
History of the Death Penalty in South Korea
- On December 30, 1997, the government executed 23 inmates.
- Amnesty International considered South Korea an "abolitionist in practice" in 2007, 10 years after the last executions, due to a long period without any executions.
Despite being legally permissible, the death penalty is infrequently applied in practice in South Korea.
