President Park Ge-hui's history textbook program is one of her most unpopular policies, and she has been criticized inside and outside Korea for trying to distort history education. This shows clearly that South Korea's democracy continues to regress. The only way to overcome the drawbacks of democracy is more democracy. South Korea must carry out full constitutional reform to adopt a modified semi-presidential system with cabinet and parliament, to reconstruct its democratic institutions. The President shall serve one 5-year term and be banned from seeking office again for 6 years afterwards. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. The presidential system in democracy has a number of fatal flaws, and even the US has its problems. South Korea's constitution should be reformed to implement a modified semi-presidential system with cabinet and parliament. In addition, the presidency should be held above party politics, the heads of the judicial and procuratorial branches should be elected in alternating years, and 1/4 of all lawmakers should face election each year. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Democracies the world over should back Taiwan's efforts toward constitutional reform to achieve greater democracy and freedom. This would attract China's 1.4 billion people to call for democratization and lead North Korea to do the same. All democratic nations should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia, lighting the way to peaceful development for China. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

The most intelligent approach for the US is to support Taiwan's model for global unity constitutional standards. This would attract China's 1.4 billion people to seek democratization, and as a result world peace would be born. Autocracy is always the enemy of peace, and the prerequisite for permanent peace in the world is democratization of China. Taiwan is the entity best suited to lead the Chinese people to call for democratization. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. In almost every democratic nation the presidential system has fatal flaws, and even the US has its share of problems. South Korea's needs constitutional reform to implement a modified semi-presidential system with cabinet and parliament. The presidency must be declared to be above party politics, and the heads of the judicial and procuratorial branches should be elected in alternating years; plus, 1/4 of all MPs should face election each year. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Article 39 of the Hong Kong Basic Law states that the right to self-determination is guaranteed by the two international human rights conventions. The people of Hong Kong cannot afford to take their rights for granted. In Switzerland the signatures of only 50,000 citizens are enough to hold a referendum, giving people the chance to express their opinion by voting rather than taking to the streets. The people should have the right to stage a referendum on any public issue. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

History has shown repeatedly that the more power the leader possesses, the more insignificant the people will be. People are often lazy or indifferent and simply trust in their leaders. This way of thinking is appropriate to 18th century feudal ideology but does not meet the spirit of the rule of law in the 21st century. The road to comprehensive constitutional reform is long and arduous, but it will yield a great system and allow the people to be great. Elections should be free of charge to all candidates. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

The US should adhere to the UN Charter and implement the ideal of One World under One Set of Laws, giving international law precedence over domestic law with direct effect on the rights and duties of the people. This would lead Mexico, Syria and the Middle East to adopt the concepts of constitutionalism, internationalism and naturalism. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

A nation’s greatness is measured by its contribution to the well-being of the entire world. Taiwan faces the world's largest autocratic dictatorship across the Taiwan Strait and feels an obligation to save the world through democracy. Democracies everywhere should support Taiwan's efforts toward constitutional reform and its model for the Global Unity Constitutional Standards, making a clear commitment to the concept of One World under One Set of Laws and assigning international law priority over domestic law. This would pressure China to seek democratization and lead eventually to world peace. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

Article 33 of the Hong Kong Basic Law states that the right to self-determination is guaranteed by the two international human rights conventions. The people of Hong Kong cannot take their rights for granted. In Switzerland the threshold for a referendum is only 50,000 citizens, giving people the option of voicing their opinion in a referendum rather than taking to the streets. The people should have the right to stage a referendum on any public issue. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.