KOREA 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lee Tae-Min, April Revolution, Free Trade
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Korean diaspora waves: early 20th century: students, diplomats, and officials. North america, south america, europe, japan: colonial period factory workers and miners settlers and dissidents. Forced labor to japan: postliberation and korean war. North america, europe, japan: developmental state. North america (esp after immigration quotas lifted), south america, europe, japan, Events of the sewol ferry disaster: sewol ferry en route to jeju sunk off of southwest coast of south jeolla province, scandal: deregulation, corruption and incompetence. Chonghaejin company illegally modified to carry more passengers and cargo. President park geun-hye was alerted on 9:2(cid:1008) (cid:271)ut did(cid:374)"t appear till (cid:1009)p(cid:373) Inexperienced crew on ship and poorly managed rescue operation. Legacy of the 1960s - 1990s: profit at any cost: park geun-hye go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)(cid:374)et"s failures. Suppression of criticism: legacy of rapid development. Too-close ties between big business and state. Fallout of the seowl ferry disater: beginning of the candlelight vigils and protests, far-right pro-park (cid:862)il(cid:271)e(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:373)ore pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)ly pro(cid:448)o(cid:272)ati(cid:448)e, deepe(cid:374)ed felli(cid:374)g of (cid:862)hell joseo(cid:374)(cid:863)
