President Park was certainly a controversial figure in 20th century history; however, there is no doubt that Korea would not have experienced its escape from poverty and its unprecedented economic growth without Mr Park's strong (and some say tyrannical) vision and leadership, and the organized sacrifice, hard work, and relentless struggle of the Korean people.
The people who call him tyrannical are either Communist sympathizers or are very ignorant. No one would deny that he was not a very nice leader but I feel that he had no choice but to be brutal to his opponents as they were very corrupt and did not have the nation's interests in mind. Also South Korea was under threat from the North, which was more advanced at the time and Park had to be very tough to keep the nation alive. His techniques are morally questionable but he got the job done and even as a "dictator" did more for the country than any other president in ROK's history
MarcellusTheGreen Don't forget Foreign Aid from multiple countries and organizations helped too. We all know money doesn't grow on trees, and it's not like the country is flourishing with natural resources. I think ANY country can recover and flourish economically when given billions in Foreign Aid, and provided National Security so the country can focus on its economy. Isn't this what happen to Japan and Germany? I usually hear Koreans say that Japan still had its industry in tact, but didn't the US help rebuild this too? So what about Germany? Japan also economically recovered quickly didn't it? What's the common denominator between the two?
***** I believe it was a "shit hole" like you said because it was an isolationist country. It was starting to improve and industrialized when it was occupied by Japan. Also, billions in aid doesn't necessarily mean just money. us-foreign-aid.insidegov.com/l/161/South-Korea Also, committees were built to teach South Korea economics, politics, industrialization, and military organization. These were not learned or discovered overnight. Couple that with the fact the even until today, the US defense umbrella has ALLOWED South Korea to focus on recovery.
@@andrewcho9779 sorry but he was a tyrant. he helped boost korea's economy but he was ruthless and violent. my father was part of the student protests during that time, where many of his friends were captured, and sometimes even killed.
@akfvsand you didn't know anything about the state of affairs to domestic and foreign at that time. was he dictator? yes he was dictator but only to spies from north and reactionaries in the south. democratization doesn't come without industrialization. if it came without industrialization that would be disaster
The source of him was true devoted heart for mother nation. He said "When our children and grandchildren asks 'What our front generation did for us and our nation?', We must told them we did work, work, work hard for you and our nation."
Wow.. This nation it's an example. I just hope that one day, my nation, tired of injustice and corruption will be able to assume it's destiny in such incredible way, like the Korean people did it, regards from Colombia..
Wow...despite my extensive reading on the Korean peninsula, I would not have guessed that (the Republic of) Korea's economy was that terrible following the advent of independent rule. Kudos to Mr. Park for everything he did for his great nation...
The development of South Korea is indeed a miracle. It reflects the fact that biggest resource of the country are not just natural resources, but true leadership.
I admit, I'm a complete outsider. But sometimes--just occasionally--I wonder if a monarchy of one kind or another, might be successful in some cases. After all, Korea, Vietnam, and some other countries had kings on the 19th and even into the 30th Centuries.
Park Chung Hee is definitely the reason S. Korea is what it is today!! I was born and played by the Han river in the 60's. Very smelly and dirty from what i remembered. Then i grew up in the U.S. since 69'. I visit Korea every year now and it keeps changing, for the better. So, modern.
The amazing successes of South Korea and Singapore seem to suggest that developing a nation's economy as well as democratic institutions at the same time is impossible to do right, at best institutions get hijacked by corrupt elites hindering further progress and at worst corruption and incompetence prevent progress to begin with, so it would appear that for a country starting from abject poverty a period of authoritarian rule is beneficial in the long run. Rwanda is similar, they call it Singapore of Africa now, its current president is authoritarian by any standard, there's no opposition, no political free speech, but they managed to weed out corruption and their economy is thriving.
I think you don't know well about south korea history. ROK-US Mutual Defense Treaty made the miracle of the Han river possible. ROK-US Mutual Defense Treaty is Lee seung man's typical achievement.Unfortunately, In South korea, if someone say "Park chung hee is the greatest president. He achieved the miracle of Han river, many south Koreans say "You stand by dictator!!!! He was communist and pro-Japanese ." (pro- Japanese group's image for korea is traitor) In fact, he wasn't communist and pro-Japanese.
No contest to late President Lee Syng Man (Syngman Rhee)'s record. In a so war-ravaged country like the Taehan Minkuk, it's not an easy task to govern by democratic ways. However he managed to keep a certain amount of freedom for his people despite what Messrs Lederer (''A nation of sheep''), James Cameron & Co wrote in their trash papers & books. Politics are not nice : President Rhee at first was the best alternative to dictatorship for South Korea. But over the years, he who was old and broken in body, became more and more cantakerous, and dourly authoritarian, and came to be at odds with his vice-president John Chang Myon , who was perhaps the most honest statesman in the whole of the Taehan Minkuk history. He led the first true parliamentary democratic government after President Syngman Rhee was ousted by popular demonstrations, which were bloodily repressed, but no common measure with the daily repression in Kim-country. The students who had helped to oust Rhee and who succeeded only because the government didn't send in the army, now turned to play at revolution (no doubt that commie agents from Kim prodded them) for the sake of trouble making. It's always so with the hotheadedness of youth. They want their way right here right now, but don't know where and how to begin, and end up wallowing in endless agitation as if it's a game. One good example was Thailand back in 1973, and the aftermath in 1976. Prime Minister Chang didn't want to repress in the name of law and order, so he was overthrown by the General Park-Chung-Hee-led military coup one year after Rhee. General Park was exactly what the mercurial and anarchic students deserved. If they didn't want Park, then they could have chosen (pun not unintended) Kim. In the face of such an implacable enemy from the North, no trouble-making agitation would be tolerated. Yet it's a tribute to the Taehan Minkuk's resolution and American influence to stay the Democratic course, that South Korea didn't fall under iron-heeled dictatorship. To those Taehan Minkuk citizens who howl jackal-like that President Park was a dictator, tell them to have a look at just north of the 38th Parallel to know what a dictator is and does.
@master universe blah blah blah blah yeah keep repeating what you read, LMFAO what are you talking about? The only thing Japan has ever done is invade other countries commiting mass genocides, which your piece of shit government continuously lies to it's people and world about. Just look at what's going on in Japan right now with covid19. Japan is a past by-gone country with a government stuck in the glories of 90s and with ignorant citizens that will blindly follow the government to abyss. Japan you had a good run much you guys are not relevant anymore. Nice try NOT.
this man is the solid proof to the statement "dictatorship is not necessarily bad". south Korea wouldn't be the 4th economy today if it wasn't for this so called "dictator". huge respect for Korea and her hard-working people from middle east 🙏
While I give credit where it's due and Park deserves alot of credit for his leadership and direction, it wasn't he and him alone who caused the miracle. The bulk of credit should go to the people of Korea who sacrificed so much and worked so hard to get to where they are today.
General theory of economy exposed by Bataille makes total sense when you analyze the korean development and how they achieved investment in a short piece of time
@moontokyo The controversy was that Park didn't get enough money for compensation for the colonial period. Regardless the aid money and technical assistance from Japan by itself did not help the development of Korea there were other factors, i.e. the vietnam war and the significant US aid that Park manage to extract from the US. I'm not to suprised that Japan's contribution is downplayed other countries will end up doing the same thing about foreign aid in the textbooks.
Oh, Korea does have high technology, I don't think anybody questions that. Politics can bring down everything else if its bad. History has proven this over and over.
Great report. I think Koreans now are more appreciative( at least those old enough to remember) of what he has accomplished. In the 80s people were fresh out of his repressive regime so they were chaffing at his regime.
i will not completely disagree with you, USA did help korea and japan to rebuild their home country. But the fact is that these japanese and koreans worked their hands and knees off to reach where they are today. It was an opportunity given by USA and it was taken gracefully by these people you must acknowledge this fact. By the way even today USA is providing funds to various countries but they choose to remain ruins (pakistan, saudi arabia and iraq) Its the people's attitude that counts.
Yeah and the Koreans North of the 38th Parallel "worked their hands and knees off'' too to reach where they are today : serving the vampire Kim die-nasty.
Korea was in deep shit back in 1960s. But Germany helped S.Korea. in 1965 we received more than $5 billion from Japan for WARCRIME compensations. Park Chung Hee used that money to make factories. Then S.Korea engaged in Vietnam war and earned billions of dollars worth of paycheck to construct the Express ways in S.Korea Japan's participation after world war 2 was financial And by that means both Japan and S.Korea benefited from that. we owe Japan for that? well Japan must give that anyway
And Park Jung-hee said that she would not reduce the number of people to more than 20,000 to Nixon Doctrine in the Vietnam War, but when the U.S. announced that she would withdraw completely by 75, she secretly develops nuclear weapons for self-defense.
Some people say that South Korea has developed even though Park Chunghee wasn't there. And they say all achievement occured just only by citizen's effort. They ignore the president's decisions and leadership intentionally. I really want to ask them what is the "Leadership"? According to their logic, why people respect generals or presidents or kings? They achived all only by themselves without citizens?
amazing history of s-korea i love south they are one of the nicest people ive known i have alot of korean friends in the philippines saranghamnida korea i just dont know if i write it down correctly hahahahaha
2022: 5/6 largedt military 10th largest economy 5 in steel production, leader in shipbuilding 4 automotive force And many,many more succesess to come :)
Wow! At one time the Vietnamese were terrified of Korean soldiers and American Soldiers had to be taught to stop killing their Allies. My father in law won a Presidents medal from Park Chung Hee.
Although I support Park Chung Hee, this documentary sort of glosses over the negatives of his rule such as executions of suspected leftists, imprisonment, concentration camps, little regards for workers rights, and just violently suppressed any political oppression. It was necessary at the time but the documentary should have went over this.
What an epic. The "miracle of the Rhine" seems to pale in comparison. Market economy is a riskier route to take for an authoritarian ruler than the state controlled economy (i'm making a general point here). People can't be controlled to anywhere near the same extent due to not being dependent on the state for an income/career/benefits. But by that same token, if the economy is doing well, people are well fed and housed, there won't be much need either (except to keep an eye on the members of the cult of the red star, of course).
As I said 1997 was resolved the country is no where near being in danger quite unlike Japan which might have issues within the next 10 years. Look at Toyota and Honda shift production outside of Japan even more.
Have you ever heard the word "U.S. military comfort women" ? Park Chung-hee , former president (father of President Park Geun-hye) was "the U.S. military comfort women" administrator! South Korea was also forced entrainment during the Korean War . Koreans ignore Korean military comfort women. Park Chung-hee joined the Japanese Imperial Army during this period. At one time he adopted the Japanese name of Takagi Masao. He entered the Changchun Military Academy of the Manchukuo Imperial Army(Japan's). He was top in his class and went on to study at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Japan. Park was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Kwantung Army, an elite Japanese unit. In fact, although not large newspaper reported in Korea, this honorable man had managed the "U.S. military comfort women". It has not been reported almost in South Korea. Why?
+zhiyuan ming Because you're another Far-right Japanese who wants to spread lies? If you wanna talk shit, don't pretend as if you're Chinese by putting that name on your account. I can see all your works on you RUclips profile. Idiot.
Its sad that India could have had a similar story,but we unfortunately never had a strong ,willing authoritarian leader like Park in Korea, LKY in Singapore,Denping in China. Here we are , still struggling.
@redwhitedude Education facilities and infrastructures are evenly built all over the Korea, I think. As you mentioned industrial facilities were built mainly in North and Korean war is surely needed to be taken into consideration. It might not be your interest but 700,000 million dollars of Swap allowance given to Korea by Japan few months ago is an example Japan has been offering Korea other than ODA.
Also I"m Chinese and one of the most common jokes I hear from mainland commentators is how inflated the Chinese GDP is. The joke goes that in order to improve development statistics, an official would order a bridge to be built, destroyed, rebuilt, etc. until the target spending is reached. Since the destruction of infrastructure still requires consumption, the GDP is raised but in reality there was no improvement in economic well being.
In short the 97 crisis did to Korea economically what politically was done in the late 80s. No country can develop on its own but it has to "get its act together" to pull it off. That should not be overlooked. It could be the right set of political and economic situations coinciding as well as social.
@technical010 and even in the bible is our country is written...and it has a prophecy and we believed that one day...we will restored our empire...and we believe everything would change because it lies in our heart....
The economies of Eastern Europe and Soviet Union vary very differently from what South Korea focused on. Take a look at trade between the USSR (Along with the Warsaw Pact Nations) and whom it traded with. You'll see that the collapse of the Soviet Union could actually hurt S. Korea ironically enough. Their collapse wouldn't leave a window for the Koreans. Rather, it would leave a window open for China which we see very clearly now. It also left windows open for the EU and the Middle East.
Those who have been poor and are still poor will most of the times remain poor. But, those who have been rich and prosperous or have potential and become poor will most of the times fight against poverty. This is what happened to SK, it was rich before the 20th century, and had potential to rebuild, so there we go, its grown, and soon North Korea is bound to follow suit, whether it'd be by removal of its current government, or by being united with SK. Go KOREA!
Why didn't the Philippines stayed as a prosperous nation unlike 대한민극. I hope that we Filipinos will develop and reach the title as an asian tiger once again 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
From my observation, authoritarian leaders like Marcos, Park, and Lee Kwan Yew tend to be more effective for developing a poor nation with uneducated population. If only people(opposition) back then were cooperative with Marcos, we could've transformed the economy into a fully-industialized nation along with other east asian countries back in 1980's. Being a democratic while in stuck in a developing stage, it just slowed down the momentum because of unstable politics, and big corporations tends to assert their influence.
You have a good point. Number of North Korean soldiers as well as South Korean soldiers will decrease over time. But maybe that's why North Korea is so determined to develop long range missile and nuclear capabilities? Also, Jang Seongtaek, second most powerful man in North Korea met with Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming to increase economic cooperation. Only time will tell if the Rason economic and trade zone will prosper but at least they are working together.
Oh, to accentuate my point on how it had no effect on the economy in the long run. Statistically speaking, they actually did worse in the years and the few years after it. Also, economists believe that the Olympics actually have very few tangible benefits and their costs outweigh them. Not to mention to generalize that South Korea benefited from the collapse of the Soviet Union is too general. You have to take into account what these economies produced along with their geography.
South Korea became a successful economy for three reasons. 1) Park 2) 1988 Olympics 3) Fall of the soviet union that allowed South Korea to take advantage of the other countries in europe who's economy collapsed becasue Russia collapsed
It is true Park invested in crucial infrastructure for Korean development today. Shipyard, steel, automobile, and freeway system to name a few. But he was corrupt towards end of his regime and wanted dictatorship for life. S.Korea would've followed N.Korea's fate. Fortunately he was assassinated at the right time. But unfortunately, another brutal military dictator replaced him and Korean people had to sacrifice a lot of young lives to win democracy again.
he is like stalin... they did lots of bad things, but it was necessary in order to modernize the country you can either live in the past, or you can move forward.
I don't think Korea would fall under poor in the 90s. You have to go back to the 70s or maybe early 80s to see Korea as poor. The country cleaned up in the late 80s and early 90s so it wasn't filthy. Part of the reason why Koreans were poor was the government and chaebols up to the 80s had a strangle hold on the economics and politics keeping wages down. That didn't change politically until the late 80s. The 97 crisis changed the country economically so that a lot of them went belly up.
President Park was certainly a controversial figure in 20th century history; however, there is no doubt that Korea would not have experienced its escape from poverty and its unprecedented economic growth without Mr Park's strong (and some say tyrannical) vision and leadership, and the organized sacrifice, hard work, and relentless struggle of the Korean people.
The people who call him tyrannical are either Communist sympathizers or are very ignorant. No one would deny that he was not a very nice leader but I feel that he had no choice but to be brutal to his opponents as they were very corrupt and did not have the nation's interests in mind. Also South Korea was under threat from the North, which was more advanced at the time and Park had to be very tough to keep the nation alive. His techniques are morally questionable but he got the job done and even as a "dictator" did more for the country than any other president in ROK's history
MarcellusTheGreen Don't forget Foreign Aid from multiple countries and organizations helped too. We all know money doesn't grow on trees, and it's not like the country is flourishing with natural resources. I think ANY country can recover and flourish economically when given billions in Foreign Aid, and provided National Security so the country can focus on its economy. Isn't this what happen to Japan and Germany? I usually hear Koreans say that Japan still had its industry in tact, but didn't the US help rebuild this too? So what about Germany? Japan also economically recovered quickly didn't it? What's the common denominator between the two?
***** I believe it was a "shit hole" like you said because it was an isolationist country. It was starting to improve and industrialized when it was occupied by Japan.
Also, billions in aid doesn't necessarily mean just money.
us-foreign-aid.insidegov.com/l/161/South-Korea
Also, committees were built to teach South Korea economics, politics, industrialization, and military organization. These were not learned or discovered overnight. Couple that with the fact the even until today, the US defense umbrella has ALLOWED South Korea to focus on recovery.
@@andrewcho9779 sorry but he was a tyrant. he helped boost korea's economy but he was ruthless and violent. my father was part of the student protests during that time, where many of his friends were captured, and sometimes even killed.
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What a great leader. He really cared for his country and the people. R.I.P. Mr. Park.
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President park have good thing and bad things
@akfvsand you didn't know anything about the state of affairs to domestic and foreign at that time. was he dictator? yes he was dictator but only to spies from north and reactionaries in the south. democratization doesn't come without industrialization. if it came without industrialization that would be disaster
As an Indian, I'm envious of the Koreans. Only if we had a leader like him :'(
@@qwermnbv12he rigged the elections
This was an extraordinary man in modern Korean history. Thank God for him.
The father of modern Korea. A gift from the heavens.
The source of him was true devoted heart for mother nation. He said "When our children and grandchildren asks 'What our front generation did for us and our nation?', We must told them we did work, work, work hard for you and our nation."
Forever in our true Koreans heart, President Park.
Thank you Lord, God, for President Park...
Wow.. This nation it's an example. I just hope that one day, my nation, tired of injustice and corruption will be able to assume it's destiny in such incredible way, like the Korean people did it, regards from Colombia..
Wow...despite my extensive reading on the Korean peninsula, I would not have guessed that (the Republic of) Korea's economy was that terrible following the advent of independent rule. Kudos to Mr. Park for everything he did for his great nation...
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저렇게 귀하신분을 왠놈이 돌아가시게하다니 ,
애통하다
잘생기시고 정감있으신모습 그립습니다
난쟁이 똥자루 아님?
The development of South Korea is indeed a miracle. It reflects the fact that biggest resource of the country are not just natural resources, but true leadership.
It's amazing Korea rose like a phoenix
BEST PRESIDENT
A long serving one, too.
Watching this I feel proud to be Korean.
Our country, Viet Nam needs a president as Park Cheung Hee.
we basically have one, but then the US assassinated him...
I admit, I'm a complete outsider. But sometimes--just occasionally--I wonder if a monarchy of one kind or another, might be successful in some cases. After all, Korea, Vietnam, and some other countries had kings on the 19th and even into the 30th Centuries.
@@TonnyChan You did have one. He was Nguyen Van Linh, who started Doi Moi.
we need more president like park jung hee in korea
Wow. South Korea is indeed a miraculous nation.
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8/10 woods in Korea planted by plan of park. But nobody care of this fact.
Park Chung Hee is definitely the reason S. Korea is what it is today!! I was born and played by the Han river in the 60's. Very smelly and dirty from what i remembered. Then i grew up in the U.S. since 69'. I visit Korea every year now and it keeps changing, for the better. So, modern.
I really admire President Park.
The greatest modern President of all time...humble, hardworking, determined, visionary, and a man of deep faith...see you in the Kingdom of God.
We miss you President Park chung hee.
I wish Thailand had a leader like him
we need a park chung hee
Time is over dude.
everyone has joined the race.
The amazing successes of South Korea and Singapore seem to suggest that developing a nation's economy as well as democratic institutions at the same time is impossible to do right, at best institutions get hijacked by corrupt elites hindering further progress and at worst corruption and incompetence prevent progress to begin with, so it would appear that for a country starting from abject poverty a period of authoritarian rule is beneficial in the long run. Rwanda is similar, they call it Singapore of Africa now, its current president is authoritarian by any standard, there's no opposition, no political free speech, but they managed to weed out corruption and their economy is thriving.
Park chung hee. The only president that actually did something for South Korea.
agree
I think you don't know well about south korea history. ROK-US Mutual Defense Treaty made the miracle of the Han river possible. ROK-US Mutual Defense Treaty is Lee seung man's typical achievement.Unfortunately, In South korea, if someone say "Park chung hee is the greatest president. He achieved the miracle of Han river, many south Koreans say "You stand by dictator!!!! He was communist and pro-Japanese ." (pro- Japanese group's image for korea is traitor) In fact, he wasn't communist and pro-Japanese.
Agree. Until he got assassinated in 1979 :(
홍지원 true.
No contest to late President Lee Syng Man (Syngman Rhee)'s record.
In a so war-ravaged country like the Taehan Minkuk, it's not an easy task to govern
by democratic ways.
However he managed to keep a certain amount of freedom for his
people despite what Messrs Lederer (''A nation of sheep''), James Cameron & Co
wrote in their trash papers & books.
Politics are not nice :
President Rhee at first was the best alternative to dictatorship for South Korea.
But over the years, he who was old and broken in body, became more and more cantakerous,
and dourly authoritarian, and came to be at odds with his vice-president John Chang Myon ,
who was perhaps the most honest statesman in the whole of the Taehan Minkuk history.
He led the first true parliamentary democratic government after President Syngman Rhee
was ousted by popular demonstrations, which were bloodily repressed, but no common measure with the daily repression in Kim-country.
The students who had helped to oust Rhee and who succeeded only because
the government didn't send in the army, now turned to play at revolution
(no doubt that commie agents from Kim prodded them)
for the sake of trouble making.
It's always so with the hotheadedness of youth.
They want their way right here right now, but don't know where and how to begin,
and end up wallowing in endless agitation as if it's a game.
One good example was Thailand back in 1973, and the aftermath in 1976.
Prime Minister Chang didn't want to repress in the name of law and order, so he was
overthrown by the General Park-Chung-Hee-led military coup one year after Rhee.
General Park was exactly what the mercurial and anarchic students deserved.
If they didn't want Park, then they could have chosen (pun not unintended) Kim.
In the face of such an implacable enemy from the North, no trouble-making agitation
would be tolerated.
Yet it's a tribute to the Taehan Minkuk's resolution and American influence to stay the Democratic course, that South Korea didn't fall under iron-heeled dictatorship.
To those Taehan Minkuk citizens who howl jackal-like that President Park was a dictator,
tell them to have a look at just north of the 38th Parallel to know what a dictator is and does.
LONG LIVE THE LEGACY OF PARK CHUNG HEE!!!!
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Thank you Mr.president parkchunghee
He is absolutely GOAT leader in Korea.
president park is hero for korean people
Park chung hee was a julis Cesar of korea. Yes he did terrible things but necessary
90X Vision And in the end, assassinated by his close friend.
@master universe LMFAO look at these Japanese otaku virgins at it again.
@master universe blah blah blah blah yeah keep repeating what you read, LMFAO what are you talking about? The only thing Japan has ever done is invade other countries commiting mass genocides, which your piece of shit government continuously lies to it's people and world about. Just look at what's going on in Japan right now with covid19. Japan is a past by-gone country with a government stuck in the glories of 90s and with ignorant citizens that will blindly follow the government to abyss. Japan you had a good run much you guys are not relevant anymore. Nice try NOT.
@1a 1y Japan industrialised Korea. Read about it. Do not reply to my comment if you think Im right.
@1a 1y That does not change the fact that Japan industrialised Korea under Tokyo’s governance. Once again, if you think im right, dont reply.
The Greatest Korean of the 20th Century
this man is the solid proof to the statement "dictatorship is not necessarily bad".
south Korea wouldn't be the 4th economy today if it wasn't for this so called "dictator".
huge respect for Korea and her hard-working people from middle east 🙏
What 4th economy
i love korea...
While I give credit where it's due and Park deserves alot of credit for his leadership and direction, it wasn't he and him alone who caused the miracle. The bulk of credit should go to the people of Korea who sacrificed so much and worked so hard to get to where they are today.
So true!
Sometimes military coop is necessary....
Excellent and informative video. Thanks a lot for uploading this!
General theory of economy exposed by Bataille makes total sense when you analyze the korean development and how they achieved investment in a short piece of time
hey, a very informative documentary.
I already loved south korea, but i love it even more after seeing your video.
cheers :)
Best President of Korea.....
Great job. Your video really helped me with my history homework. You have talent :)
@moontokyo The controversy was that Park didn't get enough money for compensation for the colonial period. Regardless the aid money and technical assistance from Japan by itself did not help the development of Korea there were other factors, i.e. the vietnam war and the significant US aid that Park manage to extract from the US. I'm not to suprised that Japan's contribution is downplayed other countries will end up doing the same thing about foreign aid in the textbooks.
A Very Nice Documentary~!!
to you who made this video! , you should make more about korean history if you can! it will be greatly appreciated by us ( youtubers)..
if any of you find a park chung hee in the street please send him to my country Venezuela, thanks.
African countries have to emulate his agenda.
I wonder why they don't...
Oh, Korea does have high technology, I don't think anybody questions that. Politics can bring down everything else if its bad. History has proven this over and over.
【 한국 최고의 지도자 】
Such a great video
Sejong was the one who ordered the creation of the Hangul alphabet if I recall, which is considered one of the best designed alphabets in the world.
Great report.
I think Koreans now are more appreciative( at least those old enough to remember) of what he has accomplished. In the 80s people were fresh out of his repressive regime so they were chaffing at his regime.
Very educative and well done video
AS A VIET I APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS ARMY IN THIER SEVICE IN VIETNAM WAR AND ALL THOSE MASCRE WERE JUSTFUIABLE I
Thank Deus the Vietnamese Chads won against those criminals
i will not completely disagree with you, USA did help korea and japan to rebuild their home country. But the fact is that these japanese and koreans worked their hands and knees off to reach where they are today. It was an opportunity given by USA and it was taken gracefully by these people you must acknowledge this fact. By the way even today USA is providing funds to various countries but they choose to remain ruins (pakistan, saudi arabia and iraq) Its the people's attitude that counts.
Yeah and the Koreans North of the 38th Parallel "worked their hands and knees off'' too to reach where they are today : serving the vampire Kim die-nasty.
Korea was in deep shit back in 1960s.
But Germany helped S.Korea. in 1965 we received
more than $5 billion from Japan for WARCRIME compensations. Park Chung Hee used that money
to make factories. Then S.Korea engaged in
Vietnam war and earned billions of dollars worth of paycheck
to construct the Express ways in S.Korea
Japan's participation after world war 2 was financial
And by that means both Japan and S.Korea benefited from
that. we owe Japan for that? well Japan must give that anyway
And Park Jung-hee said that she would not reduce the number of people to more than 20,000 to Nixon Doctrine in the Vietnam War, but when the U.S. announced that she would withdraw completely by 75, she secretly develops nuclear weapons for self-defense.
Korea itself is his legacy for all South Koreans.
Some people say that South Korea has developed even though Park Chunghee wasn't there. And they say all achievement occured just only by citizen's effort. They ignore the president's decisions and leadership intentionally. I really want to ask them what is the "Leadership"? According to their logic, why people respect generals or presidents or kings? They achived all only by themselves without citizens?
Sang-Ho B well he did some horrendous things in his rule but it was a need for such the fragile state Korea was in.
Samsung is doing very well thank you. The economy of Korea is not in crisis. Japan's is.
amazing history of s-korea i love south they are one of the nicest people ive known i have alot of korean friends in the philippines saranghamnida korea i just dont know if i write it down correctly hahahahaha
What's the name of the soundtrack that played in the beginning?
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@moontokyo what does that swap allowance have to do with the development of Korea from the 60's until now?
2022: 5/6 largedt military
10th largest economy
5 in steel production, leader in shipbuilding
4 automotive force
And many,many more succesess to come :)
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Wow! At one time the Vietnamese were terrified of Korean soldiers and American Soldiers had to be taught to stop killing their Allies. My father in law won a Presidents medal from Park Chung Hee.
44 people want to swim in the east sea with a concrete block
no mention of 5 year plans and nationalization of banks?
Which is why US aid is acknowledged the credit for this transformation falls mainly on Koreans in Korea and Japanese in Japan.
Although I support Park Chung Hee, this documentary sort of glosses over the negatives of his rule such as executions of suspected leftists, imprisonment, concentration camps, little regards for workers rights, and just violently suppressed any political oppression. It was necessary at the time but the documentary should have went over this.
@baron706 Korea never got any supports from Japan except for IMF crisis currency swapping in 1998, but paid back in 2001.
My salute to mrs.park chung hee
@moontokyo could you cite your source? I want to see what they say about this on the IMF thing.
what a great guy, thank goodness somebody did the thing, is never good to overstay your reign as supreme dictator.
What an epic. The "miracle of the Rhine" seems to pale in comparison. Market economy is a riskier route to take for an authoritarian ruler than the state controlled economy (i'm making a general point here). People can't be controlled to anywhere near the same extent due to not being dependent on the state for an income/career/benefits. But by that same token, if the economy is doing well, people are well fed and housed, there won't be much need either (except to keep an eye on the members of the cult of the red star, of course).
It is. It is also most scientific, but for the survival of Korea? Idk, it's a great advancement, but not sure if it was necessary :P
As I said 1997 was resolved the country is no where near being in danger quite unlike Japan which might have issues within the next 10 years. Look at Toyota and Honda shift production outside of Japan even more.
Great video! =)
We must not forget this most remarkable Taehan Minkuk statesman : John Chang Myon or Myon Chang.
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This is very good. Thanks for posting this!
excellent video! A+++
He would be unanimously considered a national hero if he didn't adopt Yushin.
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Where did you find the speech you quoted in the video of PJH talking?? I'm doing a speech about political leaders :)
Currently studying Saemaul Undong. Hope I can bring this in Philippines.
Have you ever heard the word "U.S. military comfort women" ?
Park Chung-hee , former president (father of President Park Geun-hye) was "the U.S. military comfort women" administrator!
South Korea was also forced entrainment during the Korean War .
Koreans ignore Korean military comfort women.
Park Chung-hee joined the Japanese Imperial Army during this period. At one time he adopted the Japanese name of Takagi Masao.
He entered the Changchun Military Academy of the Manchukuo Imperial Army(Japan's).
He was top in his class and went on to study at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Japan.
Park was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Kwantung Army, an elite Japanese unit.
In fact, although not large newspaper reported in Korea,
this honorable man had managed the "U.S. military comfort women".
It has not been reported almost in South Korea. Why?
+zhiyuan ming Because you're another Far-right Japanese who wants to spread lies? If you wanna talk shit, don't pretend as if you're Chinese by putting that name on your account. I can see all your works on you RUclips profile. Idiot.
Its sad that India could have had a similar story,but we unfortunately never had a strong ,willing authoritarian leader like Park in Korea, LKY in Singapore,Denping in China. Here we are , still struggling.
Yes,true.I think exactly the same
@redwhitedude Education facilities and infrastructures are evenly built all over the Korea, I think. As you mentioned industrial facilities were built mainly in North and Korean war is surely needed to be taken into consideration. It might not be your interest but 700,000 million dollars of Swap allowance given to Korea by Japan few months ago is an example Japan has been offering Korea other than ODA.
Also I"m Chinese and one of the most common jokes I hear from mainland commentators is how inflated the Chinese GDP is. The joke goes that in order to improve development statistics, an official would order a bridge to be built, destroyed, rebuilt, etc. until the target spending is reached. Since the destruction of infrastructure still requires consumption, the GDP is raised but in reality there was no improvement in economic well being.
I cried.
In short the 97 crisis did to Korea economically what politically was done in the late 80s. No country can develop on its own but it has to "get its act together" to pull it off. That should not be overlooked. It could be the right set of political and economic situations coinciding as well as social.
4:26 - Park Tae-Joon on the left.
@technical010 and even in the bible is our country is written...and it has a prophecy and we believed that one day...we will restored our empire...and we believe everything would change because it lies in our heart....
It was around December of 1997. Please Google for further information. There are facial information and deep one, you need the latter.
The economies of Eastern Europe and Soviet Union vary very differently from what South Korea focused on. Take a look at trade between the USSR (Along with the Warsaw Pact Nations) and whom it traded with. You'll see that the collapse of the Soviet Union could actually hurt S. Korea ironically enough.
Their collapse wouldn't leave a window for the Koreans. Rather, it would leave a window open for China which we see very clearly now. It also left windows open for the EU and the Middle East.
Those who have been poor and are still poor will most of the times remain poor. But, those who have been rich and prosperous or have potential and become poor will most of the times fight against poverty. This is what happened to SK, it was rich before the 20th century, and had potential to rebuild, so there we go, its grown, and soon North Korea is bound to follow suit, whether it'd be by removal of its current government, or by being united with SK. Go KOREA!
Why didn't the Philippines stayed as a prosperous nation unlike 대한민극. I hope that we Filipinos will develop and reach the title as an asian tiger once again 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
From my observation, authoritarian leaders like Marcos, Park, and Lee Kwan Yew tend to be more effective for developing a poor nation with uneducated population. If only people(opposition) back then were cooperative with Marcos, we could've transformed the economy into a fully-industialized nation along with other east asian countries back in 1980's.
Being a democratic while in stuck in a developing stage, it just slowed down the momentum because of unstable politics, and big corporations tends to assert their influence.
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You have a good point. Number of North Korean soldiers as well as South Korean soldiers will decrease over time. But maybe that's why North Korea is so determined to develop long range missile and nuclear capabilities? Also, Jang Seongtaek, second most powerful man in North Korea met with Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming to increase economic cooperation. Only time will tell if the Rason economic and trade zone will prosper but at least they are working together.
well im educated. im amazed something good came from the vietnma war for asia!
Oh, to accentuate my point on how it had no effect on the economy in the long run. Statistically speaking, they actually did worse in the years and the few years after it.
Also, economists believe that the Olympics actually have very few tangible benefits and their costs outweigh them. Not to mention to generalize that South Korea benefited from the collapse of the Soviet Union is too general. You have to take into account what these economies produced along with their geography.
South Korea became a successful economy for three reasons. 1) Park 2) 1988 Olympics 3) Fall of the soviet union that allowed South Korea to take advantage of the other countries in europe who's economy collapsed becasue Russia collapsed
The work ethic and nationalism of the Korean people should be no 1
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It is true Park invested in crucial infrastructure for Korean development today. Shipyard, steel, automobile, and freeway system to name a few. But he was corrupt towards end of his regime and wanted dictatorship for life. S.Korea would've followed N.Korea's fate. Fortunately he was assassinated at the right time. But unfortunately, another brutal military dictator replaced him and Korean people had to sacrifice a lot of young lives to win democracy again.
he is like stalin...
they did lots of bad things, but it was necessary in order to modernize the country
you can either live in the past, or you can move forward.
I don't think Korea would fall under poor in the 90s. You have to go back to the 70s or maybe early 80s to see Korea as poor. The country cleaned up in the late 80s and early 90s so it wasn't filthy. Part of the reason why Koreans were poor was the government and chaebols up to the 80s had a strangle hold on the economics and politics keeping wages down. That didn't change politically until the late 80s. The 97 crisis changed the country economically so that a lot of them went belly up.