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Park Chung Hee
February 15, 2023
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.
October 12, 2022
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.
March 14, 2017
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.
January 28, 2016
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.
November 30, 2015
Asia’s Political Dynasties
By Paul French
Postwar dynasties in Asia have been remarkably persistent.
November 20, 2015
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.
October 29, 2015
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
September 17, 2015
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.
July 03, 2015
Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Restraining the ROK
By Leon Whyte
The alliance is about more than just deterring Pyongyang.
June 22, 2015
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.
April 04, 2015
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.
October 23, 2014
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.
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