The retrospective history of the
Republic of Korea, 1953–1993
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- South Korea: A political history
- BBC, Friday 20 February 1998. A brief sketch from a
cold-war perspective. Covers 1948-1993.
- Who Was Rhee Syngman?
- By Lee Wha Rang, Kimsoft, 22 Feburary 2000. A detailed
account of Rhee’s controversial life.
- Antimilitarism & Anti-Americanism in
South Korea, 1945-2003
- By Vincent Kelly Pollard, 7 February 2003. Professor
Pollard reproduces notes taken during a lecture by
Prof. Jae-Bong Lee of Wonkwang University. Lee provides a
conceptual framework for the varieties of
anti-Americanism.
- Killings of South Korean prostitutes by
U.S. servicemen during the 1960s
- By Vincent Kelly Pollard, 15 Febuary 2003. Poinst to the
documentation as part of comments on a study of
anti-Americanism.
- Puppets brought down
- Deirdre Griswold, in Workers
World, 28 December, 1995. Former President Roh
Tae-woo on trial for corruption; his predecessor, Chun
Doo-hwan, in jail for 1979 coup and 1980 Kwangju
massacre. Corporate corruption.
- South Korea’s National Security
Law
- Went into effect 25 February 1988 (an abbreviated
unofficial translation).