South Korea Study & Guide - AllRefer - South Korea Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* Historical Setting
o ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN NATION
o THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD
o THE EVOLUTION OF KOREAN SOCIETY
+ Silla
+ Koryo
o THE CHOSoN DYNASTY
o CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY UNDER THE DYNASTIES
+ Cultural Expression
+ Korean Identity
+ Political and Social Institutions
o KOREA UNDER JAPANESE RULE
o WORLD WAR II and KOREA
o SOUTH KOREA UNDER UNITED STATES OCCUPATION, 1945-48
+ Economy and Society
+ Establishment of the Republic of Korea
o THE KOREAN WAR, 1950-53
o THE SYNGMAN RHEE ERA, 1946-60
+ The Political Environment
+ Society under Rhee
+ The Postwar Economy
o THE DEMOCRATIC INTERLUDE
o SOUTH KOREA UNDER PARK CHUNG HEE, 1961-79
+ The Military in Politics
+ Economic Development
+ Society under Park
+ Foreign Relations
# Relations with North Korea
# Relations with Japan
# Relations with the United States
o THE TRANSITION
+ The Democratic Republican Party
+ The New Democratic Party
o STUDENTS IN 1980
o GENERAL CHUN DOO HWAN TAKES OVER
+ The Kwangju Uprising
+ The Chun Regime
+ The 1980 Constitution
+ Purges
+ Chun's "Cultural Revolution"
+ Economic Performance
+ Foreign Policy
# United States
# Japan
# China and the Soviet Union
+ The Demise of the Chun Regime
* The Society and Its Environment
o PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
+ Land Area and Borders
+ Topography and Drainage
+ Climate
o POPULATION
+ Population Trends
+ Population Settlement Patterns
+ Urbanization
+ Koreans Living Overseas
o SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VALUES
+ Traditional Social Structure
+ The Emergence of a Modern Society
+ Social Classes in Contemporary South Korea
+ Traditional Family Life
+ Family and Social Life in the Cities
+ Changing Role of Women
o CULTURAL IDENTITY
+ Korea and Japan
+ The Korean Language
o EDUCATION
+ Primary and Secondary Schools
+ Higher Education
+ College Student Activism
o RELIGION
+ Religious Traditions
# Shamanism
# Daoism and Buddhism
# Christianity
# New Religions
+ Religion in Contemporary South Korea
o PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
+ Health Conditions
+ Health Care and Social Welfare
* The Economy
o THE JAPANESE ROLE IN KOREA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
o THE GOVERNMENT ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
+ Industrial Policies
+ Economic Plans
+ Revenues and Expenditures
o THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
+ The Origins and Development of Chaebol
+ The Role of Public Enterprise
+ Pohang Iron and Steel Company
+ Korea Electric Power Corporation
o FINANCING DEVELOPMENT
o INDUSTRY
+ Steel
+ Electronics
+ Shipbuilding
+ Automobiles and Automotive Parts
+ Armaments
+ Construction
+ Textiles and Footwear
+ Chemicals
o ENERGY
o AGRICULTURE
+ Major Crops
+ Forestry and Fishing
+ The Agricultural Crisis of the Late 1980s
+ Prospects
o SERVICE INDUSTRIES
+ Money and Banking
+ Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
o THE LABOR FORCE
+ Wages and Living Conditions
+ Industrial Safety
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
+ Roads
+ Subways and Railroads
+ Civil Aviation
+ Telecommunications
o FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
+ Aid, Loans, and Investment
+ Foreign Trade Policy
+ Exports and Imports
o KOREA IN THE YEAR 2000
+ The Setting
+ The Role of Science and Technology
+ The Economic Future
* Government and Politics
o THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
o THE GOVERNMENT
+ The Legislature
+ The Executive
+ The State Council
+ The Presidential Secretariat
+ The Judiciary
+ The Civil Service
+ Local Administration
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ Compromise and Reform: July-December 1987
+ Events in 1988
+ Returning to the Politics of National Security, 1989
+ Parties and Leaders
+ Interest Groups
+ Political Extremism and Political Violence
o HUMAN RIGHTS
o THE MEDIA
o FOREIGN POLICY
+ Organization and Operation
+ Basic Goals and Accomplishments
+ Relations with the United States
+ Relations with the Soviet Union
+ Relations with Japan
+ Relations with China
+ Relations with North Korea
+ Relations with International Organizations and the Third World
+ Future Prospects
* National Security
o DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
+ Koguryo, Silla, and Koryo Kingdoms
+ The Choson Dynasty and the Japanese Colonial Period
+ The South Korean Army after World War II
+ War on the Korean Peninsula
+ South Korea Responds to the North Korean Military Buildup
o THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN SOCIETY
o ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
+ Army
+ Air Force
+ Navy and Marine Corps
+ Reserve and Civil Defense Forces
+ Recruitment, Training, and Conditions of Service
+ Officers and Noncommissioned Officers
+ Enlisted Personnel
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
o DEFENSE SPENDING AND MILITARY PRODUCTION
+ Defense Spending
+ Military Production
o STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR WAR
+ United States Forces in Korea
+ South Korean and United States Cooperation
o INTERNAL SECURITY
+ The Threat from the North
+ Seoul's Responses
o INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
+ The Agency for National Security Planning
+ The Defense Security Command
o KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE
o CRIMINAL JUSTICE
+ Crime
+ Criminal Procedure
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary