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Park Chung Hee
![How the Japan-South Korea Normalization Reshaped Both Countries How the Japan-South Korea Normalization Reshaped Both Countries](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-09-6.jpg)
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.
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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? Will Vladimir Putin Share the Fate of South Korea’s Park Chung-hee?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-12-134405.jpg)
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 The Future of South Korean Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-22_14-32-39.jpg)
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 New Realities, Old Fears: Escalation on the Korean Peninsula](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-28_13-50-52.jpg)
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.
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Asia’s Political Dynasties
By Paul French
Postwar dynasties in Asia have been remarkably persistent.
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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 South Korea: The Politics Behind the History Wars](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-29_13-07-04.jpg)
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 The Mixed Legacy of a South Korean Dictator](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-16_18-36-44.jpg)
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 Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Restraining the ROK](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-03_13-40-10.jpg)
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 Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Abandonment Fears](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-22_02-03-23.jpg)
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.
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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.
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