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Throughline: How Korean culture went global

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A Tiger Is Born

Park Chung-hee's goal was to transform Korea's economy. He made this clear in a translated letter to the president of Seoul National University. Still, daily life for many Koreans remained harsh. When we come back, South Korea follows the road to prosperity and self-sufficiency at a very high cost.

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