>>805146this is bad cope while you can just underscore "until the 1980s" like 10 times and then point out that even in the IMF crisis south korea didn't implode while north korea's situation was basically post-apocalyptic during the same period. as with maoist china, you can point to south korea's slower early development as being, in part, building the bedrock for future growth.
>>805152he was a bastard but unironically an underrated main-character of world history.
- worked with communists at one point
- worked with the japanese empire at one point
- after taking power in a coup, had all the major business leaders imprisoned until they signed their businesses over to him. Once they did, he immediately returned them and was like "lol idk how to run a business, I just wanted you to understand that I run the show here, when i say export you fucking export, got it?"
held elections, pro-democracy candidate outflanked him to the
right by being an insane mccarthyite who highlighted his commie connections. (this backfired on them because left-wing voters who should've wanted the soft-touch of democracy voted for Park lmao)
- North tried to assassinate him personally using commandos
- did a joint-declaration on Korean unification with the North without consulting the Americans first
- all time developmentalist regime run, much more impressive than Japan (massive US handouts, already developed civil service), Taiwan (also got more US support) or Singapore (ideal geography and competent civil service)
- murdered by his CIA chief at random during a meeting for reasons that remain inexplicable to this day.
- daughter was acting first lady of Korea 1974-9 and subsequently became president of South Korea in 2008 and, like most South Korean presidents, left office in inauspicious circumstances after being impeached and jailed for being manipulated by a cult leader that got close to her after her father's death
- guy who prosecuted her for this is the incel who blundered a coup attempt a few years ago btw
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