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South Korea wouldn't exist as a prosperous Western-aligned liberal democracy without the war, so it was hardly a complete loss.
by energy123 7mo ago
South Korea wouldn't exist as a prosperous Western-aligned liberal democracy without the war, so it was hardly a complete loss.
- BigTTYGothGF 7mo ago> South Korea wouldn't exist as a prosperous Western-aligned liberal democracy without the war The first several decades after the war they were very much not a liberal democracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democratic_Struggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democratic_Struggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Republic_of_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Republic_of_Korea).