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LEGACY OF THE KOREAN WAR & KWVS: WHAT GOOD CAN COME
OUT OF IT?
DR. JONGWOO HANPRESIDENT, KWLF INC.
WWW.KWVDM.ORG
Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
What Good did come out of the Korean War and your sacrifice?
ROK: Model of free democracy, world economic power out of ashes
Uniqueness: Simultaneous achievement of both economic and political development during 1960s to 1980s
Most substantive democracy in Asia
13th largest economy
From aids recipient to aids-offering
60
Korea, the First to Turn Donor from Recipient
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1
19801960 1970 1996
5,000
10,000
1953
Per capita income ($)
19901945 1998 ’07
15,000
’08
20,000
’09
67 79
12,197
7,3551,000(1977)
21,695
Liberation from
Japanese Colonial
Rule (1910-45)
Korean War
(1950-53)Six 5-Year-Economic-
Development Plans
Military Coup in
1961Financial
Crisis
OECD
Member
Democratization in
1987
Global Financial
Crisis
In 1961, per capita income ranking : 101st out of 125 countries
(N. Korea: 3 times larger than S. Korea) Domestic saving/GDP ratio: only 5%
’10
20,75917,193
Korea over the Last 5 Decades
1961 2010
Per Capita GNI (USD) 82 20,759
Commodity Exports (USD) 41 mil. 464 bil.
Employment Share (%)
Agriculture, Forestry & Fish.
Mining & Manufacturing
63.0 (1963)
8.7 (1963)
4.9
17.827.6 (’90)
Life Expectancy 55.3 (1960) 80.5 (’09)
Enrollment Rate (%)
Senior High Schools
Universities/Colleges
29.3 (1970)
9.0 (1970)
92.5
69.6
2
1960 1970 1990 20001980
HCI Product
Agricultural
Product
Light Industry
Product
50%
Wig Automobile SemiconductorTextile
Semiconductor,
Mobile Phone,
DTV, Display,
Automobile,
Shipbuilding, etc.
80%
14%
6%
Changing Export Structure:
from Agriculture to Light Industry to HCI
4
Economic Take-Off with Outward-looking Development Strategy
Working Mechanism of Outward-looking Development Strategy
Government
Export
PromotionManufacturingProcessing
Private
Enterprises
Technology Development
Economic Growth
S
Financial Tax Support
Well-educated Labor force
Foreign Technology
Imports
Capital Good Imports
Raw Material Imports
Foreign Capital Inducement(Economic Aids External Debt)
S
9
Cooperative Correspondence Between Economic
Development and Education Policy in Korea
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National
Development
Phase
Economic Development Education Policy
Phase 1
(1945-1960)
Agriculture Society, Postwar
Reconstruction, Period Export-
Centered Industrialization
Establishment of Basic Education
System, Universalization of
Elementary Education
Phase 2
1960sLabor-Intensive Industrialization
Centered on Light IndustryExpansion of Secondary Education,
Training and Expansion of
Vocational
Technology Education1970s
Heavy and Chemical
Industrialization, Fostering Large
Companies
Phase 3
(1980s-1990s)
Technology, Knowledge,
Information-Intensive
Industrialization
Expansion of Higher Education
Phase 4
(2000-present)
Entry into Globalization,
Informationalization, Knowledge-
Based Economy
Popularization of Higher Education,
Educational Informationalization,
Lifelong Learning, National Human
Resource Development
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Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
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ROK Embassy in China, USSR& US election
‘92-‘93 NK allow 6 IAEA inspectors,
Jan—Team SpiritFeb—Butler aim NK
Mar—NPT WithdrewJune—NK-US High level talk,
DPRK Suspension of NPT
93
May-8000 fuel rods extracted,
June- Carter in PYJuly- High level talk
in GenevaOct. –Agreed
Framework
94
Crisis
’98 DJ of ROKReconciliation
policy
PerryReport
99
N-S Korea First Summit
00
’01 9/11 Terror
’02 January Axis of Evil
Speech
9/18 6 Party Talks9/15 BDA
03
March –
Iraq War
August - 6 Party Talks in Beijing
November-NK NPT Withdrew
04 05 06
’02 Oct.Kelly
confront NK’s HEU program
July—NK missile testOct. —NK nuclear test
02 07
April—6 Party TalksOctober - S-N Korean
summit
S Korea MB Lee President
Strained alliance between DPRK & Soviet Union and China began
DPRK Famine
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Chart 1. Timelines of DPRK-related Major Events
50 91
Korean War
53
’ ’64 De-StalinizationKhrushchev ousted
US Deploy Nuclear Weapons
58
’61 DPRK-China
Defense Treaty
4Mg Wt Reactor in DPRK
’66-’71 Cultural Revolution in China
’68 Pueblo’69 EC-121
Nixon Doctrine &.Sino-Soviet
Split
‘69
Sino-US normalization
71
DMZ Poplar Tree
accident
76
DPRK reactor under IAEA
77
DPRK blow up
Rangoon
83
Seoul-DPRK-US Talks
84
YongbyonReactor
Completed
87
89
DPRK Extracting fuel rods
Iraq War,German
Unification,South-North &
Seoul-Soviethigh level talkshigh level talks
90
S-N Korea UN join,S-N Korea Basic
Agreement,NK nuclear development
US nuclear weaponswithdrew
End of Cold WarCold War
62
66
SU-KUT Exchange began
08
NY Symphony
in DPRK
Feb.
Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial John 1:46 & Your Fight & R.O.K.
“Nazareth!
Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip
Nazareth?
Korea?: “Honey Pot” “Cold” “Hunger”
KWVs? Romans 5:3 “We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, [p] character, [c]hope.”
Data (2012) The United States Republic of Korea
Population 316 million 50.2 million
Territory 3.80 million square miles (9.85 million km2) (98.2 times)
100,210 km2 (109th)38,691 sq mi
GDP $15.7 trillion $1.2 trillion
Eco. Growth Rate 2.2% 2.0%
Trade Portion in GDP 32% 110%
FDI $206 billion $5 billion
Defense Budget in GDP 4.4% 2.8%
Internet Users 81% 84%
Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
KWVs in Syracuse: Amb. Pyo Wook Han Lecture Series on US/Korea Affairs
Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial KWVDM Foundation: from KUT Digital Library Project
www.kwvdm.org
Established in 2011 but root in KPAC, SU
Officially supported by MPVA and a few Korean companies
Oral histories and artifacts: “from their own
eyes”
KWV YC: Descendants workshop in Washington D.C. 2013
C-SPAN coverage
KWVA Reunion in St. Louis, IL Proposing to establish “KWV Youth Corps” Agreed but pessimistic Why? We have tried American youth including my
own grandkids (N-1)!
Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial The 2nd Convention of KWV Youth Corps (2014)
Time Friday (7/25) Saturday (7/26) Sunday (7/27) Monday(7/28)
8 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9
Interviews (9-12)/10 minute
presentation @ end before lunch
break
Symposium/Finishing History
Book Project (9-13) / 20
minutes of presentations (2)
Pentagon Visit (8:15-11) 10
11 Wrap-up of interview practice,
Lunch (11-14:30)
ALSO: Ending Ceremony,
Elections, Awards, Membership
Expectations, Newsletter
Submissions
12 Lunch (12-1)
13
Symposium/History Book Project
(1-6)/10 min presentation
Lunch (1-2)
14
21 Korean War Participated
Countries International Festival
(or National Mall Tour)
(2:30-7)
CHECK-OUT
15
CHECK-IN
16
17
18 Opening Ceremony
(Best 2 presentations
– 20 minutes) Dinner @ Cafe Asia (6-9)
Speeches from MPVA, Group
Performance (Best presentations –
20 minutes)
19 Dinner @hotel Remember 7/27 event and
Sandwich Dinner (7-8:30)
20 Dinner
21 Dinner
Tour of KWV Memorial
Presentations throughout – 10-15
min each