Africa Awake! This week I continue with observations from my recent Korean trip. This was a great opportunity to meet some of the finest constitutional scholars from all over world who gathered under the auspices of the International Association of Constitutional Lawyers: from countries such as India, Algeria, South Africa, USA, Cameroon, Nepal, Nigeria, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Australia and many others. Amongst some of the high profile delegates were Justice Bheki Maphalala, the Chief Justice of Swaziland (a Wits PhD law candidate), the Chief Justice of New Zealand Dame Sian Elias (who spoke at the plenary, Justice Ibrahim Moustapha from the Constitutional Court of Niger, Prof. Miroslaw Granat (a retiree from Poland’s Constitutional Court) and Justice Carlos Bernal-Pulido from Colombia (formerly a law professor at Macquarie University, Australia), who also spoke at the plenary. One of the biggest law conferences in the world, and held every four years, it discussed burning issues such as terrorism and human rights and migration and human rights and prospects of a world constitution. This time I focus on Korea’s Constitutional Court and some outstanding aspects of the country’s Constitution. The Korean constitution is one of the most…