LEGACY OF THE KOREAN WAR & KWVS: WHAT GOOD CAN COME

OUT OF IT?

DR. JONGWOO HANPRESIDENT, KWLF INC.

WWW.KWVDM.ORG

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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

1

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

7

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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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.

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“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%

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KWVs in Syracuse: Amb. Pyo Wook Han Lecture Series on US/Korea Affairs

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Digital Memorial 2005 Lecture Series: KWVs, PM Goh & Amb. Choi

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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

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Boot made in POW Camp: “60년의 약속 (60 Years’ of Promise)” by MBC

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Never Been Forgotten

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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)!

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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

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CHECK-IN

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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

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