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Park Chung Hee
How the Japan-South Korea Normalization Reshaped Both Countries
By Shu Fukuya
Tokyo's economic aid to Seoul laid the foundations of a new development model – but it had a dark side as well.
South Korea’s First Attempt at Going Nuclear
By Gabriela Bernal
Seoul attempted to attain nuclear weapons back in the 1970s, only to be stopped by heavy pressure from Washington.
Will Vladimir Putin Share the Fate of South Korea’s Park Chung-hee?
By Justin Fendos
Kim Jae-gyu, Park’s security chief, ended up as his assassin.
The Future of South Korean Democracy
By Darcie Draudt
The Park Geun-hye scandal revealed the flaws in South Korean democracy. Now the challenge is to fix these issues.
New Realities, Old Fears: Escalation on the Korean Peninsula
By Clint Work and Daniel A. Pinkston
When tensions rise, history illuminates U.S. and ROK fears of entrapment and abandonment.
Asia’s Political Dynasties
By Paul French
Postwar dynasties in Asia have been remarkably persistent.
Rewriting History in South Korea
By Patrick Thomsen
In the name of security, the people of South Korea are losing a crucial element of their national identity.
South Korea: The Politics Behind the History Wars
By Kyu Seok Shim
Latent within South Korea’s state-controlled history textbook controversy, a Game of Thrones
The Mixed Legacy of a South Korean Dictator
By Steven Denney
Polling data suggests South Koreans approve of Park Chung-hee himself, but disapprove of the system he used to rule.
Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Restraining the ROK
By Leon Whyte
The alliance is about more than just deterring Pyongyang.
Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Abandonment Fears
By Leon Whyte
South Korea has at times had reason to fear the strength of its alliance with the United States. Part II in a series.
South Korea's History Textbook Controversy
By Steven Denney
A South Korean court ruled in favor of allowing the Ministry of Education to mandate history textbook revisions.
What ‘Clean India’ Can Learn From South Korea’s New Village Movement
By Soyen Park
The methods of Seoul’s meteoric rise could help spur Indian growth.
South Korea: Dependence in the Age of OPCON
By Clint Work
The transfer of wartime operational control is part of larger questions about the US-ROK alliance.
Why Did North Korea Build Nukes While South Korea Foreswore Them?
By Zachary Keck
The conventional military balance on the Korean Peninsula best explains North and South Korea’s nuclear trajectories.
North Korea Calls S. Korean Leader a ‘Dirty Comfort Woman’
By Zachary Keck
North Korea has stooped to a new low in its ongoing sexist tirades against South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Park Geun-hye Takes the Reins
Park enters office in South Korea facing a daunting array of domestic and foreign policy challenges. She may very well prove up to the task.
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