Modern South Korea 1948-Present
Douglas MacArthur This country has no future, this country will not be restored even after a hundred years.
Vengalil Menon How can a rose blossom from a garbage dump?
Post War Gangnam
Jamsil, 1970
Jamsil
Candle light protests, 2016
K Pop and Pan-Asianism
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Themes to think about Legacies of Japanese Imperialism Anticommunism/hegemony of political right. System of national division and Cold War. Role of America (dependence/autonomy)
Cont Development. Struggle over National Identity. Authoritarianism/democracy. (process).
Modern South Korea Authoritarianism, Development, and Democracy
Contradictions in the 1948 System Democracy Capitalism Limited Pluralism Fascism 1948 National Security Law.
1950 s Korea: The Primacy of the Political Dominated by Syngman Rhee and Liberal Party. US Aid and ISI. Corruption/appointments at local level. Security forces (youth groups/police).
Cho Byeong-ok
Jang Myeon
Cho Bong-am
Culture in the First Republic Poverty/despair. National identity? Status of Women. Students.
Culture in the First Republic Poverty/despair. National identity? Status of Women. Students.
April Revolution
Anonymous Poem by Elementary School Student On the way home from school Bullets flew through the air And blood covered the streets The lonely discarded book bag Was as heavy as it could be I know, yes, we all know Even if Mom and Dad say nothing Why our brothers and sisters are bleeding.
The Second Republic 1960-1961. Rigged Election. April 1960, Student Revolution. Shaky Parliamentary Democracy. Rise of Civil Society. Unification Question. May 1961, military coup.
Park Chung Hee
1962-1972: Democratic façade. (US role?). Authoritarianism and Park Chunghee Regionalism. Repression and Opposition? Economic development.
Seoul, 1950s
1950s Dongdaemun
Modern Dongdaemun
Demystifying the Miracle on the Han. 1965, Normalization Treaty with Japan.
Park In Manchuria
Park s Authoritarian Capitalism (1965-1979) Manchurian model of government ( Capitalist paradise ). Workers 2.5x more productive, 1/10 wages. Steel equals national power. Strong State, social engineering. State gives favourable loans (Chaebol). Financial manipulation. Vietnam War boom. Export oriented economy. 3 decades of 8% growth
South Korea s Growth
Labour and the Miracle
Labour and the Miracle Anti-communism and repression. KCIA creates unions. 600,000 women in manufacturing (30%); 83% of textile workers. Company dormitory life.
The Yushin System (1972-1979). Rising power of political rivals.
Kim Dae Jung
The Yushin System (1972-1979). Rising power of political rivals. Early 1970s shifts in East Asia. 1971, Self-coup implements Yushin System. 1974 Special Ordinance Law. Division Literature. Growing Resistance (Labour and Churches).
1979
The Rise of Chun Doo Hwan 1979, Park assassinated. 1979-1980, Chun consolidates power. May 1980, Kwangju Uprising / Kwangju Democratic Movement/Kwangju Massacre. US role?
The Rise of Chun Doo Hwan 1979, Park assassinated. 1979-1980, Chun consolidates power. May 1980, Kwangju Uprising / Kwangju Democratic Movement/Kwangju Massacre. US role?
Absolute Community in Kwangju
The day when the pepper fog and tear gas stopped. People came from the Mujin plain. All democratic citizens, intellectuals, labourers, farmers. People gathered in front of the fountain of the Provincial capital. People tried to touch the fountain. Sitting on the lawn, hugging each other. There is no song as beautiful as this, The song we sang together.
Students. Mingjung movement. (politics and national identity). Anti-Americanism. Opposition to Chun Radicals/moderates/Catholics.
Chun s Rule (1980-1987) Legitimacy problem. Constant protests from 1985 onward. Ideological weakening of Cold War. 1987, free elections. Opposition split so military remains in power.
Seoul 1987
Chun s Rule (1980-1987) Legitimacy problem. Constant protests. Ideological weakening of Cold War. 1987, free elections. Opposition split so military remains in power.
Era of Democratization (1987-Present) 1993, First civilian leader (Kim Young Sam). 1997 currency crisis and IMF loans. Kim Dae Jung and the Sunshine Policy Roh Moo-Hyun: Frustrated Liberalism. 2008: Return of conservative hegemony (post-democracy). 2016: Collapse of Park Geun-hye.
Status of Women Characteristics and Dilemmas
Gender Wage Gap in Korea
Characteristics and Dilemmas Status of Women. Regionalism.
Characteristics and Dilemmas Status of Women. Regionalism. Corruption, Cronyism, and Chaebols.
Characteristics and Dilemmas Status of Women. Regionalism. Corruption, Cronyism, and Chaebols. Intelligence agencies and interference.
Inequality Dilemmas Continued
Dilemmas Continued Inequality. Ethnicity and Immigration. Reconciliation (Japan/Internal). National Division.