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According to the Varieties of Democracy Institute, the freedom and fairness of South Korea’s elections have improved dramatically since the country first democratized. The National Election Commission (NEC) has been able to maintain neutrality and independence which has led to a higher degree of public trust compared to the National Assembly and the national government. Woo Chang Kang, Professor at Korea University, argues that Korea has a fundamentally high state capacity, and its bureaucratic capacity is also the best in the world. The author analyzes the capacity of the NEC and offers strategies new democratic countries should consider when utilizing the Korean democracy experience.
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