Supreme Court of Korea

Supreme Court of Korea
	Emblem of ordinary Courts of Korea
Korean name
Hangul	대법원
Hanja	大法院
Revised Romanization	Daebeobwon
McCune–Reischauer	Taebŏbwon

Supreme Court of Korea
Supreme Court of Korea
대한민국 대법원
	Symbol of the Supreme Court of Korea
	Supreme Court of Korea in Seocho, Seoul
Established	1948
Location	Seocho, Seoul
Composition method	Appointed by President with consent of National Assembly; (for associate Justices, nomination of Chief Justice is additionally required)
Authorized by	Constitution of South Korea Chapter V
Judge term length	Six years, renewable; (mandatory retirement at the age of 70)
Number of positions	14 (by statute)
Website	scourt.go.kr
Chief Justice
Currently	Jo Hee-de
Since	8 December 2023

The Supreme Court of Korea (Korean: 대법원; Hanja: 大法院; RR: Daebeobwon) is the highest ordinary court in the judicial branch of South Korea, seated in Seocho, Seoul. Established under Chapter 5 of the Constitution of South Korea, the Court has ultimate and comprehensive jurisdiction over all cases except those cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court of Korea. It consists of fourteen Justices, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. The Supreme Court is at the top of the hierarchy of all ordinary courts in South Korea, and traditionally represented the conventional judiciary of South Korea. The Supreme Court has equivalent status as one of the two highest courts in South Korea. The other is the Constitutional Court of Korea.