Divided Peninsula:
The Two Koreas since 1945
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Key Terms
1) 38th Parallel
and the DMZ
2) ÒAsian TigersÓ
3) State Capitalism
4) Kim il-Sung
5) Juche
6) North Korean Famine
7) ÒThe Cleanest RaceÓ (BR
MeyerÕs Thesis)
I. Historical Background and Division
á Chinese Influence and Indirect Control
á Japanese Influence and Occupation, 1905/1910-1945
á US and Soviet Occupation, 1945-1948
á The Division of Korea (The 38th
Parallel)
o South
Korea: August 15, 1948
o North Korea:
September 8, 1948
á The Korean War, 1950-1953
á The
Last Cold War Border: The
DMZ
II. South Korea: Authoritarianism, Economic Growth,
and Democratization
á Authoritarian/Military Rule 1948-1987
o Syngman Rhee (1948-1960)
o Park
Chung-hee (1963-1979)
o Chung
Doo-hwan (1980-1988)
á Becoming an ÒAsian TigerÓ
o (East
Asian) ÒStateÓ Capitalism and ÒExportÓ Capitalism
o A Different
Kind of Five Year Plan
o GDP (Per
Capita: $28,000 vs. $1,900 for North Korea)
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o Samsung, Hyundai,
Kia, STX
Shipbuilding: $465 billion in exports (6th)
á Becoming a Democracy
o Protest
Movements: Students, Workers, Leftists
o A Growing
Middle Class
o The Elections
of 1985, Student Protests, and the ÒRevolutionÓ of 1987
o The 1988
Olympics and the ÒArrivalÓ of South Korea
á South Korea Today: Globalized, Prosperous Democracy
III. North Korea
under the Kim Dynasty: The Worst Place on Earth?
á Kim il-Sung: The
Great Leader (1948-1994)
á Kim Jung-il: The Dear Leader
á The Workers Party of Korea
á Communism, Confucianism, Juche?
or
á ÒParanoid Race-Based NationalismÓ: BR MeyerÕs Thesis
of The Cleanest Race
á Economic
Stagnation and Collapse, 1970s-1990s
o North
KoreaÕs Famine, 1993-1996
á Nuclear
Weapons, Missiles, and Saber Rattling
á The Future of North Korea
o The Death of
Kim Jung Il and Kim
Jung-un: WhoÕs really in Charge?
o Economic
Collapse and Implosion?
o A New Korean
War?
o Reunification
with South Korea?
á The 75th
Army Anniversary Celebration (2007)