The government of South Korea is divided into three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. At the federal level, the legislative body consists of the National Assembly of South Korea. This legislative body is a unicameral body; that is, it is made up of a single large assembly. This assembly consists of 299 representatives and 56 of these representatives are elected through proportional representation. Each of these representatives is elected every four years by popular vote. (Manual 65) The legislative body includes the discussion of legislation, the approval of legislation, and the approval of the budget, just as in the American legislative system. In the executive branch, the majority of power rests with the presidency. The power of the presidency is personalized. (Vreland 143). In this case, the president is both head of state and head of government. Therefore, he or she leads both domestically as president and abroad as the country's official representative. The president is also given powers that closely parallel those of the American presidency, including but not limited to the power to declare war, issue executive orders, grant pardons, declare states of emergency, and veto laws (subject to a right veto - substitution by the National Assembly). Furthermore, the executive power also includes the idea of ​​a cabinet. The South Korean Cabinet