[1] Although the Korean Peninsula was liberated from Japanese rule by the Allies after the end of World War II on 15 August 1945, it was caught in the middle of a Cold War power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States.

It took until 1948 for a democratic election for National Assembly members to be held in South Korea.

The elected assembly members set upon creating a constitution, and decided upon a presidential and unicameral system.

[citation needed] Since 2008, Constitution Day in South Korea is no longer a "no work" public holiday,[4] following the restructure of laws regarding the public sector with a 40-hour work week.

[2] On Constitution Day in South Korea, a commemorative ceremony is held with the President, Chairman of the National Assembly, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the original constitutional assembly members in attendance, and citizens hang the national flag in commemoration.