Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea: The Roots of Militarism, 1866–1945
Eckert CJ. Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea: The Roots of Militarism, 1866–1945. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2016.
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Park-Chung-Hee
Park Chung Hee | Biography, Assassination, & Facts
Park Chung Hee, (born September 30 or November 14, 1917, Kumi, North Kyŏngsang province, Korea [now in South Korea]—died October 26, 1979, Seoul, South Korea), South Korean general and politician, president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) from 19
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https://thediplomat.com/2015/09/the-mixed-legacy-of-a-south-korean-dictator/
The Mixed Legacy of a South Korean Dictator
Polling data suggests South Koreans approve of Park Chung-hee himself, but disapprove of the system he used to rule.
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새로배운 단어/ 표현
- legacy- 과거로부터의 유산, 현재까지도 영향을 주는 체재, 과거로부터 물려받은 것
- a period of unprecedented economic growth and of political oppression that deepened as prosperity spread.
- the period of Japaness occupation
- the Korean people's "can do" spirit would allow them to overcome any challenge
- Korea had been involuntarily absorbed into Japan in 1910
- enormous economic expansion at the cost of civil liberties and political freedom
- impoverished 매우 가난한, 빈곤한
- restrictions on personal freedoms, suppression of the press and of opposition parties
- He was responsible in large part for South Korea's economic miracle
- The mixed legacy of a South Korean dictator
- He's legacy casts a long shadow over the country's modern history.
- benevolent 자애로운
- (transit) hub 교통의 요지 (people flock to transit hubs)
Park Jeoung Hee is one of the most controversal people in Korean history. He led the rapid economic development, but while the prosperity spread, political oppression towards individual freedoms and democracy got deepened. The major regional political conflicts formed in the era as well, still people in Daegu area find him as a hero whereas people in Jeollado express hatred towards him and right wings since many democratic institution in this area got suppressed and students and regualar residents got harmed going through bloody situation caused by his government and the police.
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- leapfrog :
He leapfrogged his brothers to succeed his father.
They leapfrogged from third to first place.
- figurehead : someone who has the position of leader in an org but who has no real power.
Many analysts dismissed him as an inexperienced figurehead when he took power at 27; he is firmly in control. - Against long odds : Even though it's not very likely
- an arsenal of guns/nuclear weapons
He has made building a nuclear arsenal a top priority. - a mountanious region [마운터너스]
- Peninsula : 반도!!
The Korean Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula/ Florida Peninsula - legitimize : to make something legal or acceptable
- Kim dynasty 김씨 왕조
- rugged terrain 울퉁불퉁한 지역
- cult 예찬, 숭배, 숭배되는
- fortify : 강화하다, 요새화하다, 영양소를 첨가하다(음식에)
- buffer 완충장치
- DMZ is a fortified no-man's land that spans the width of the Korean Peninsula, acting as a buffer between North and South Korea.