KOREA 50 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kim Jong-Il, Lotte World, Bruce Fulton
Document Summary
Terms (color code: grey = not so important) March first movement (1919: against japan, end of wwi & new countries forming; inspired by 14 points made by president. Lifted press restrictions, lifted restrictions on korean commercial developments (samsung, lg), more social mobility, economic boom. Government-general of korea (1910-1945: representatives of jap government in korea, colonial administration of korea laid down an infrastructure of public works and facilities. Chaebol (jaebeol: family-owned conglomerates, early root goes back to colonial period. Cultural rule lifting restrictions on native korean enterprises (samsung, lg) Prohibit school children from speaking korean in school two major korean language newspaper shut down. Kim il-sung (kim ilseong: president in nk, formerly manchuria communist guerilla; followed ussr in nk, violent suppression of rightists and protestant christians, land reforms took advantage of peasant resentments, juche, personality cult. April third jeju uprising (4. 3, 1948 - 1954: liberation was a disappointment.
