PREAMBLE

We, the people of Korea, proud of a resplendent history and traditions dating from time immemorial, upholding the cause of the Provisional Republic of Korea Government born of the Independence Movement of 1 March 1919 and the democratic ideals of the uprising on 19 April 1960 against injustice, having assumed the mission of democratic reform and peaceful unification of our homeland and having determined to consolidate national unity with Justice, humanitarianism and brotherly love, and to destroy all social vices and injustice, and to afford equal opportunities to every person and provide for the fullest development of individual capabilities in all fields, including political, economic, social and cultural life by further strengthening the basic free and democratic order conducive to private initiative and public harmony, and to help each person discharge those duties and responsibilities concomitant to freedoms and rights, and to elevate the quality of life for all citizens and contribute to lasting world peace and the common prosperity of mankind and thereby to ensure security, liberty and happiness for ourselves and our posterity forever, do hereby amend, through national referendum following a resolution by the National Assembly, the Constitution, ordained and established on 12 July 1948, and amended eight times subsequently.

CHAPTER II.  RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS

Article 10. Dignity, Pursuit of Happiness
All citizens are assured of human worth and dignity and have the right to pursue happiness. It is the duty of the State to confirm and guarantee the fundamental and inviolable human rights of individuals.

Article 17. Privacy
The privacy of no citizen may be infringed.

Article 18. Secrecty of Correspondence
The secrecy of correspondence of no citizen may be infringed.

Article 21. Speech, Press, Assembly, Association, Honor, Public Morals
1. All citizens enjoy the freedom of speech and the press, and of assembly and association.
2. Licensing or censorship of speech and the press, and licensing of assembly and association may not be recognized.
3. The standard of news service and broadcast facilities and matters necessary to ensure the functions of newspapers is determined by law.
4. Neither speech nor the press may violate the honor or rights of other persons nor undermine public morals or social ethics. Should speech or the press violate the honor or rights of other persons, claims may be made for the damage resulting therefrom.