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● A Brief Look at Park Chung Hee`s Life
● The Military Coup
● Park`s Efforts to Boost the Economy
● Park Chung Hee, The Father of Chaebol
● Economic vs. Political Aspect to his Regime
● Today`s Renewed Thoughts of the Late President Park
● The Military Coup
● Park`s Efforts to Boost the Economy
● Park Chung Hee, The Father of Chaebol
● Economic vs. Political Aspect to his Regime
● Today`s Renewed Thoughts of the Late President Park
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o turn itself from a war-ravaged Third World country to a member of the elite rich-nations club, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
But there is an underside to Park's economic legacy. Given his clean image, it is perhaps ironic that widespread corruption is the price the country is paying for his growth miracle. Park himself may have been above money politics, but the culture of corruption that has long pervaded Korean society was much abetted by his policies. To kickstart Korea's boom, Park targeted certain industries and corporations for growth, giving them every possible break -- subsidized loans, crackdown on unions, protection from foreign competition. This had the desired effect: under government patronage, conglomerates like Hyundai and Daewoo became the engine of Korea's explosive economic growth. But the resulting coziness between business and politics, or jungkyung yuchak, inevitably left the door open for graft, the consequence of which Koreans are burdened with today.
So while Park deserves credit for his contributions to national progress, it would hurt that very cause to wish him back. For the Korea he helped create needs a different kind of leader. Not one who picks and bankrolls winning industries, but one who lets free and open markets decide which ventures will flourish or fold. He does not command obedience but inspires popular support and initiative. Yes, the leader must be honest and competent like Park. And more: he must count the human cost of policies, however impeccable and unblemished they may be. Park's Korea needed a general barking orders in its march out of the rubble of war. Today's Koreans want a leader who listens to their unmuzzled voices and helps them be all that they - not government planners - want to be.
But there is an underside to Park's economic legacy. Given his clean image, it is perhaps ironic that widespread corruption is the price the country is paying for his growth miracle. Park himself may have been above money politics, but the culture of corruption that has long pervaded Korean society was much abetted by his policies. To kickstart Korea's boom, Park targeted certain industries and corporations for growth, giving them every possible break -- subsidized loans, crackdown on unions, protection from foreign competition. This had the desired effect: under government patronage, conglomerates like Hyundai and Daewoo became the engine of Korea's explosive economic growth. But the resulting coziness between business and politics, or jungkyung yuchak, inevitably left the door open for graft, the consequence of which Koreans are burdened with today.
So while Park deserves credit for his contributions to national progress, it would hurt that very cause to wish him back. For the Korea he helped create needs a different kind of leader. Not one who picks and bankrolls winning industries, but one who lets free and open markets decide which ventures will flourish or fold. He does not command obedience but inspires popular support and initiative. Yes, the leader must be honest and competent like Park. And more: he must count the human cost of policies, however impeccable and unblemished they may be. Park's Korea needed a general barking orders in its march out of the rubble of war. Today's Koreans want a leader who listens to their unmuzzled voices and helps them be all that they - not government planners - want to be.