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[bassexpander]

As my wife and I listen to a woman shouting into a megaphone, directing old people in traditional dance, sounding similar to a North Korean TV announcement, we began discussing the Park Chung Hee era. She said that before PJH, such megaphone-style speech wasn't common, although it likely will fade away in 20 years. It's still common, and much more so in North Korea, where even local TV news is shouted in such a way.

Apparently, president PCH is the one responsible for a great many changes in South Korea. For example, Koreans weren't so "bally bally" (hurry, hurry) before this time. Also, according to my wife, the belief that Koreans are somewhat of a master race among Asians began at this time, because PCH was preaching it.

I saw a thread like this on another site, and it was very interesting.

http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/park1.html

[Xuanzang]

More like a mixture of races...

[halfmanhalfbiscuit]

Normalization with Japan was achieved in 1965, bringing with it $800 million in economic aid.

Settlement money,very detailed as to how it had been arrived at (with an apology) which went into state coffers for investment.

[Fat_Elvis]

I've heard the same thing, that the full-on nationalist sentiment you encounter here was propagated in schools during the military dictatorship of Park Chun Hee and later Chun Doo Hwan. It's not surprising really.

Let's hope that without the same level of propaganda these days such views will wither away.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]