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A History of Korea

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by Professor Kyung Moon Hwang


  23 1960s SOUTH KOREA

  Cha, Victor D. “Bridging the Gap: The Strategic Context of the 1965 Korea–Japan Normalization Treaty.” Korean Studies 20 (1996): 123–60.

  Han, Sungjoo. The Failure of Democracy in South Korea. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974.

  Kirk, Donald. Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997.

  Nam, Hwasook. Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea’s Democratic Unionism under Park Chung Hee. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2009.

  Park Chung Hee. Our Nation’s Path: Ideology of Social Reconstruction. Seoul: Dong-a Publishing Company, 1969.

  Steers, Richard M. Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai. New York: Routledge, 1991.

  24 CULTURE AND POLITICS IN 1970s SOUTH KOREA

  Pihl, Marshall R., Bruce Fulton, and Ju-Chan Fulton (trs). Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1992.

  Kim Chi-ha. Cry of the People and Other Poems. Hayama, Japan: Autumn Press, 1974.

  Kim Chi-ha. The Gold Crowned Jesus and Other Writings. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1978.

  Kim, Eun Mee. Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korean Developments, 1960–1990. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1997.

  Moon, Seungsook. Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005.

  Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History. New York: Basic Books, 2002.

  Pak, Kyng-ni. Land: A Novel. London: Kegan Paul International, 1996.

  25 MONUMENTAL LIFE IN NORTH KOREA

  Chinoy, Mike. Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2009.

  Cumings, Bruce. North Korea: Another Country. New York: The New Press, 2004.

  Kihl, Young Whan and Hong Nack Kim (eds). North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005.

  Oh, Kongdan and Ralph C. Hassig. North Korea through the Looking Glass. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2000.

  Quinones, C. Kenneth and Joseph Tragert. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding North Korea. New York: Alpha, 2004.

  Ryang, Sonia (ed.). North Korea: Toward a Better Understanding. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008.

  Yu, Chong-Ae. “The Rise and Demise of Industrial Agriculture in North Korea.” The Journal of Korean Studies 12:1 (Fall 2007): 75–110.

  26 SOUTH KOREAN DEMOCRATIZATION

  Abelmann, Nancy. Echoes of the Past, Epics of Dissent: A South Korean Social Movement. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996.

  Kim, Sunhyuk. The Politics of Democratization in Korea: The Role of Civil Society. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.

  Lee, Namhee. The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009.

  Shin, Gi-Wook and Kyung Moon Hwang (eds). Contentious Kwangju: The May 18 Uprising in Korea’s Past and Present. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

  Lee, Jae-Eui, Kap Su Seol, and Nick Mamatas. Kwangju Diary: Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age. Los Angeles: UCLA Asia Institute, 1999.

  27 SOUTH KOREA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

  Abelmann, Nancy. The Melodrama of Mobility: Women, Talk, and Class in Contemporary South Korea. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2003.

  Huat, Chua Beng and Koichi Iwabuchi (eds). East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2008.

  Kendall, Laurel. Under Construction: The Gendering of Modernity, Class, and Consumption in the Republic of Korea. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2001.

  Kim, Jasper. Crisis and Change: South Korea in a Post-1997 New Era. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 2006.

  Russell, Mark James. Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2009.

  Index

  absolutism, 105, 141, 238

  “Account of Travels in Tang for the Purpose of Seeking the Law”, 28

  accountants, 96

  Acheson, Dean, 207

  Advance in Unity Society (Ilchinhoe), 159

  Africa, 29

  Agreed Framework, 254

  agriculture, 27, 73, 107

  in North Korea, 251

  Allied summits, 199

  alphabet, Korean, 43–44, 68, 75, 93, 112, 170, 176, 246

  American invasion of Korea (1871), 125

  An Ch’angho, 147, 171, 191

  An Chunggn, 154, 155

  anarchism, 174

  ancestor worship, 75, 76, 78

  Anglo-Saxon civilization, 191

  annexation of Korea by Japan, 158

  Annexation Treaty (1910), 152

  anthem, Korean national, 141

  anti-Americanism, 264, 279

  anti-communism, 200, 203, 216, 228, 230, 247, 278

  Anti-Communist Law, 236, 240

  April Student Revolution (1960), 227, 228

  Arabian peninsula, 29

  Arch of Triumph, Pyongyang, 256

  archery, 276

  “Arirang”, 177

  aristocracy, 8, 23, 26, 33, 46, 56, 76, 90, 94, 96–97, 102, 115, 136

  and Catholicism, 107

  continuity of, 66

  of Kory, 48, 66, 73

  of Silla, 23

  relationship to Mongols during Kory, 54

  under Mongol rule, 56

  Armistice of Korean War, 206, 210

  Armstrong, Louis, 233

  army, disbandment of, 154

  army, North Korean, 206, 208, 216

  army, South Korean, 208

  army, Soviet, 198, 215–16

  “Arrows”, 242

  assimilation, 187, 215

  atrocities, 163, 208, 209

  “Azaleas”, 177

  Bank of Korea, 72, 79

  barbarians, 4, 34, 39, 87, 92, 100, 123, 125–26, 186

  Barefooted Youth, 234

  Battle of Pyongyang (1592), 82

  Beatlemania, 225

  Beijing, 55, 87, 101, 107

  Berlin Olympics, 172, 178

  Big Brother, 256

  biography (genre), 25, 56, 76, 116, 224

  “Biography of Queen Inhyn”, 94

  black marketeering, 253

  Boleyn, Anne, 92

  “bone rank” (kolp’um) system, 26–27

  Book of Corrections (Chingbirok), 84–85

  Boys (literary journal), 190

  Britain, 123, 225

  British Broadcasting Corporation, 244

  Buddha, 13

  Buddhism, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 19, 28, 34, 37, 39, 170, 177, 247

  as promoter of native Korean culture, 70

  centrality of in the Ten Injunctions, 36

  centrality of in printing, 45

  incorporation of Shamanism and geomancy in, 45

  state’s patronage of in Kory, 37, 42

  Buddhist clergy, 14, 43, 73

  decline due to Chosn founding, 69

  relationship to political power, 42

  role in developing printing technologies, 43

  Buddhist temples, 14, 20, 25, 28–29, 46, 167

  bureaucracy, 69, 204, 238, 253, 262, 267

  Busan. See Pusan

  calendar, North Korean, 258

  California, 171

  capitalism, 104–5, 127, 181, 273

  capping, 75

  Carter, Jimmy, 254

  Catholicism, 105, 122, 125, 170, 177, 247

  origins of in Korea, 107

  persecution of, 122, 124, 126

  celadon, 42–43

  mobile phones, 255, 271, 274

  censorship, 172–74, 245, 246

  ceramics, 29, 42–43

  Ch’ae Mansik, 179

  Ch’oe Ch’iwn, 27, 28

  Ch’oe Cheu, 121, 130

  Ch’oe Ikhyn, 127, 155

  Ch’oe Namsn, 177, 183, 184, 190, 191
/>   Ch’oe Rin, 168–69

  Ch’oe Snghi, 167

  Ch’oe Yongsin, 170

  Ch’oe, House of, 52

  Ch’llima campaign, 219, 238

  Ch’ngch’n River, 7

  Ch’nghaejin Fortress, 25, 26, 29

  Ch’rwn, 210–11

  Ch’ungch’ng province, 163

  Ch’ungnyl, King of Kory, 54

  Ch’unhyang, Song of, 112

  Ch’unhyang, Tale of, 111, 115, 177, 259

  chaebol. See conglomerates

  Chang Chiyn, 156

  Chang Kai-shek, 206

  Chang Myn, 227

  government of, 228

  Chang Pogo, 24–25, 27, 29, 34

  as local warlord, 32

  assassination of, 24

  command over trade by, 30

  early life of, 25

  experiences in China of, 28

  historical appropriation of, 30

  trading activities of, 25, 30

  Cheguk sinmun newspaper, 148

  Cheju Island, 53, 202, 203

  Chi Haksun, Bishop, 247

  China, 1–7, 11–13, 15–18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 51

  agricultural collectivization in, 220

  American considerations of during Korean War, 210

  as model for northern learning reform proposals, 103

  as birthplace of Confucianism, 37

  as originator of woodblock printing, 43

  civil war of, 206–07

  entrance in Korean War, 206, 224

  establishment of relations with South Korea, 268

  historical perspectives in, 2

  imperialism in, 119

  Korea’s tributary relationship with, 69

  Korean embassies to, 96

  Korean influence in, 58

  Korean traders in, 29

  military interventions in Korea by, 205

  recurrence of historical role in Korea by, 211

  reference to in the Ten Injunctions, 37

  rivalry with Japan, 132

  role in decision to launch the Korean War, 207

  trade with Korea, 25

  trading ties to Korea, 24

  tributary relationship with Korea, 140

  tribute missions to, 99, 101

  under Mongol rule, 55–56, 58

  Chindk, Queen, 22

  Chinju rebellion (1862), 121

  Chinp’yng, King, 17

  Chinsng, Queen, 22, 28

  Chinul, 45

  Cho Chngnae, 243

  Cho Hiryong, 109, 110

  Cho Kwang, 47, 48

  Cho Mansik, 215, 216

  Choi Kyu-ha, 263

  Chlla province, 84, 130, 241–42, 264

  Ch’msngdae astronomical observatory, 20–21

  Chn Pongjun, 130

  Chn T’aeil, 240

  Chng Chiyong, 177–78

  Chng Mongju, 63

  Chng Tojn, 60–66

  background of, 63

  death of, 60, 64

  as institutional reformer, 66

  historical significance of, 69

  Chng Yagyong, 105, 108

  exile of, 107

  historical significance of, 106

  Chngjo, King of Choson, 102, 105, 106

  death of, 120

  reaction to Catholicism of, 107

  relationship to King Yngjo, 106

  response to Catholicism of, 122

  Chngju, 146, 147

  Chosn dynasty, 62, 74, 79

  Chosn ilbo newspaper, 164, 181

  Chosn, ancient state of, 2

  Chou dynasty of China, 4

  Christian nationalism, 216

  Christianity, 170, 188, 199, 215, 256

  explanations for success of in Korea, 170

  Chumong, 3

  Chun Doo Hwan, 261, 267, 269

  coup by, 263

  lack of legitimacy of, 266

  Chung Ju Yung, 232

  chungin (technical officials), 96, 109, 137

  England, Church of, 92

  cinema, 178, 180, 181, 220

  cities, 144

  civil war, 207

  civilization and enlightenment, 148

  clerks, hereditary (hyangni), 96, 109, 113, 115, 116

  Cold War, 196, 206, 243, 259, 268, 271, 278

  beginnings of, 206

  end of, 252

  remnants of, 211

  collaboration, 192, 193

  colonial state, 158, 171, 174, 187–88, 259

  incorporation of Koreans into, 165

  colonialism, European, 148

  colonial rule, Japanese, 79, 147, 196

  feeling of permanence regarding, 192

  Comfort Women, 189

  commanderies, Chinese, 4

  commandos, North Korean, 222, 230

  commerce, 27, 29, 30, 101, 103–4, 139, 142

  lower standing of in Chosn, 73

  Committee for the Preparation for Korean Independence (CPKI), 197

  commoners, 22, 26, 96, 97, 114–15, 134, 253

  communism, 174, 192, 201, 219, 230

  communist bloc, 207

  communist guerrillas, 202

  Communist Party, South Korean, 211

  Communist Party, Korean, 180

  Communist Party, North Korean, 213, 216, 259

  communists, 193, 199, 200, 219, 278

  in support of trusteeship, 199

  in the people’s committees, 198

  communists, Chinese, 206

  communists, Soviet-Korean, 214, 219, 220

  companies, 30, 145, 146, 165, 232, 239, 271, 273

  concubine descendants, 96, 106, 110, 111, 115

  concubines, 51, 56, 58, 78, 88, 92, 93, 95

  Confucianism, 4, 15, 23, 27, 34, 37–38, 49, 71, 73, 92, 100, 111, 115, 122, 126, 175, 219, 275

  and slavery, 135

  as driving force behind founding of Chosn, 62, 64

  as ideological foundation of Chosn, 67

  as representative of civilization, 69

  as statecraft in Kory, 37

  canonical works of, 63

  debates over proper social order in, 95

  great chain of being of, 103

  historical significance of, 64, 74

  in the Ten Injunctions, 40

  meritocratic ideals of, 63

  metaphysics of, 74

  of Ch’oe Ch’iwn, 28

  origins of in China, 37

  orthodoxy of, 97

  philosophy of, 74, 101

  place in contemporary Korean identity, 79

  political philosophy of, 4

  prominence of in the Ten Injunctions, 37

  state dissemination of, 68

  conglomerates (chaebol), 232–33, 237, 239, 241, 266, 273

  constitution, 76

  of Republic of Korea, 196, 202

  of Sixth Republic, 268

  Constitutional Court, 280

  construction industry, 231, 232

  consumerism, 186

  cooperatives, agricultural, 176

  Core Teachings for Shepherding the People, 107

  corruption, 57, 58, 120, 152, 226, 230, 269, 272, 279

  as depicted in “Five Bandits”, 241

  as target of satire, 237

  by Rhee government, 227

  in North Korea, 253

  in the 1980s, 266

  local, 121, 130

  countryside, 14, 22, 34, 53, 107, 115, 117, 122, 130, 136, 160, 166, 169, 175, 189, 229, 238, 242

  coup, 52, 67, 132, 226, 229, 238, 263

  Creation and Criticism (Ch’angjak kwa pip’yng) journal, 246

  “Cry of the People”, 240

  Cultural Rule, 162, 164, 174

  culture industry, 276

  currency, 68, 74, 79, 103, 272

  currency reform, 220

  Customs Service, 133

  Daewoo, 239

  Dalian, 133

  “Day in the Life of the Novelist Kubo, A”, 180

  Declaration of Independence. See March First Declaration
of Independence

  decolonization, 198, 203

  de-Confucianization, 274

  Deliberative Assembly of 1894, 130, 133–35, 136

  Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 210

  democratization in South Korea, 261–69, 271

  “Diary of the Summer Palace”, 101–2

  dictatorship, military, 52, 228, 230, 251, 262

  Discourse on Northern Learning, 99, 102–03, 106

  divorce, 88, 92, 167–69, 274–75

  domination and resistance narrative, 153

  dramas, television, 264

  role of females in, 276

  Du Mu, 28

  dynastic code of Chosn, 63

  Dynastic Foundation Merit Subject, 62

  East Asian region, 206, 211

  East Asian war (1592–98), 80, 85

  Eastern Barbarians, 5

  Eastern Expedition Field Headquarters, 53, 58

  economic development, 186, 266, 280

  in North Korea, 220, 251–52, 258

  in South Korea, 226, 234, 237, 271

  of South Korea and Park Chung Hee, 185

  economy, 26, 29, 30, 65, 73–74, 106, 134–35, 145, 149, 164, 186, 228, 231, 233, 263, 266

  under state control, 187

  conglomerates’ domination of, 232

  crisis of 1997 in South Korea, 270

  diversification of in the colonial period, 165

  early North Korean, 217

  expansion and advances in mid-Chosn, 95

  in late Chosn era, 99

  militarization of, 229, 230

  postindustrial, 273

  restructuring in South Korea, 273

  ecumenism, 248

  Edison Electrical Company, 142

  Eight Gates Festival, 45

  elections, 225–27, 230, 238, 247, 261–63, 266–69, 270, 272, 274, 276–77, 279–80

  in northern Korea (1946), 216

  in southern Korea (1948), 195, 201–2

  electricity, 145, 149, 231

  Emancipation Proclamation, 135

  Emergency Measures, Yusin period, 244

  emperor of China, 12, 13, 17, 23, 28, 140

  emperor of Japan, 19, 143, 188

  emperor of Korea, 140, 143

  enlightenment movement, 127–28, 133, 137, 147–48

  Ennin, 28, 29

  Europe, 43, 59, 151, 162, 167–68, 271

  examination system, 33, 65, 108

  for Buddhist clergy, 45

  implementation in Kory, 40

  exports, 231, 239

  factionalism, 82, 89, 106, 219

  factories, 29, 165, 169, 186, 239, 240

  family customs, Confucian, 78

  family law, 75, 274

  Confucian, 75, 76

  famine in North Korea, 252, 259

  females

  and Protestant activity, 170

  as factory workers, 169

  effects of modern change on, 166

  prominence of in South Korea, 275

  social and familial standing of, 22–23, 76, 78, 93, 274

 

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