During the same period, we have put presidents in jail immediately after the end of their term, others have fled, another has committed suicide, and it's open k

During the same period, we have put presidents in jail immediately after the end of their term, others have fled, another has committed suicide, and it's open knowledge that corruption is rampant. We had dictator presidents for decades. Park Chung Hee, widely credited with the miracle on the Han, was a dictatorial strongman with little grand plan except that knew protectionist policies would allow Korea to trade favorably, and trade up the industrial ladder from textiles to shipbuilding.