SouthKorea - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • COUNTRY PROFILE
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN NATION
  • THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD
  • THE EVOLUTION OF KOREAN SOCIETY
  • Koryo
  • THE CHOSoN DYNASTY
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY UNDER THE DYNASTIES
  • Korean Identity
  • Political and Social Institutions
  • KOREA UNDER JAPANESE RULE
  • WORLD WAR II and KOREA
  • SOUTH KOREA UNDER UNITED STATES OCCUPATION, 1945-48
  • Economy and Society
  • Establishment of the Republic of Korea
  • THE KOREAN WAR, 1950-53
  • THE SYNGMAN RHEE ERA, 1946-60
  • Society under Rhee
  • The Postwar Economy
  • THE DEMOCRATIC INTERLUDE
  • SOUTH KOREA UNDER PARK CHUNG HEE, 1961-79
  • The Military in Politics
  • Economic Development
  • Society under Park
  • Foreign Relations
  • Relations with Japan
  • Relations with the United States
  • THE TRANSITION
  • The Democratic Republican Party
  • The New Democratic Party
  • STUDENTS IN 1980
  • GENERAL CHUN DOO HWAN TAKES OVER
  • The Kwangju Uprising
  • The Chun Regime
  • The 1980 Constitution
  • Purges
  • Chun's "Cultural Revolution"
  • Economic Performance
  • Foreign Policy
  • Japan
  • China and the Soviet Union
  • The Demise of the Chun Regime
  • Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
  • Topography and Drainage
  • Climate
  • POPULATION
  • Population Trends
  • Population Settlement Patterns
  • Urbanization
  • Koreans Living Overseas
  • SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VALUES
  • Traditional Social Structure
  • The Emergence of a Modern Society
  • Social Classes in Contemporary South Korea
  • Traditional Family Life
  • Family and Social Life in the Cities
  • Changing Role of Women
  • CULTURAL IDENTITY
  • Korea and Japan
  • The Korean Language
  • EDUCATION
  • Primary and Secondary Schools
  • Higher Education
  • College Student Activism
  • RELIGION
  • Shamanism
  • Daoism and Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • New Religions
  • Religion in Contemporary South Korea
  • PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • Health Conditions
  • Health Care and Social Welfare
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • THE JAPANESE ROLE IN KOREA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • THE GOVERNMENT ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • Industrial Policies
  • Economic Plans
  • Revenues and Expenditures
  • THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
  • The Origins and Development of Chaebol
  • The Role of Public Enterprise
  • Pohang Iron and Steel Company
  • Korea Electric Power Corporation
  • FINANCING DEVELOPMENT
  • INDUSTRY
  • Steel
  • Electronics
  • Shipbuilding
  • Automobiles and Automotive Parts
  • Armaments
  • Construction
  • Textiles and Footwear
  • Chemicals
  • ENERGY
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Major Crops
  • Forestry and Fishing
  • The Agricultural Crisis of the Late 1980s
  • Prospects
  • SERVICE INDUSTRIES
  • Money and Banking
  • Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
  • THE LABOR FORCE
  • Wages and Living Conditions
  • Industrial Safety
  • Roads
  • Subways and Railroads
  • Civil Aviation
  • Telecommunications
  • FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
  • Aid, Loans, and Investment
  • Foreign Trade Policy
  • KOREA IN THE YEAR 2000
  • The Role of Science and Technology
  • The Economic Future
  • Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
  • THE GOVERNMENT
  • The Executive
  • The State Council
  • The Presidential Secretariat
  • The Civil Service
  • Local Administration
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
  • Events in 1988
  • Returning to the Politics of National Security, 1989
  • Parties and Leaders
  • Interest Groups
  • Political Extremism and Political Violence
  • HUMAN RIGHTS
  • THE MEDIA
  • FOREIGN POLICY
  • Basic Goals and Accomplishments
  • Relations with the United States
  • Relations with the Soviet Union
  • Relations with Japan
  • Relations with China
  • Relations with North Korea
  • Relations with International Organizations and the Third World
  • Future Prospects
  • Chapter 5. National Security
  • DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
  • The Choson Dynasty and the Japanese Colonial Period
  • The South Korean Army after World War II
  • War on the Korean Peninsula
  • South Korea Responds to the North Korean Military Buildup
  • THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN SOCIETY
  • ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
  • Army
  • Air Force
  • Navy and Marine Corps
  • Reserve and Civil Defense Forces
  • Recruitment, Training, and Conditions of Service
  • Officers and Noncommissioned Officers
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • DEFENSE SPENDING AND MILITARY PRODUCTION
  • Military Production
  • STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR WAR
  • United States Forces in Korea
  • South Korean and United States Cooperation
  • INTERNAL SECURITY
  • The Threat from the North
  • Seoul's Responses
  • INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
  • The Defense Security Command
  • KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE
  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  • Crime
  • Criminal Procedure

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