King Munjamyeong 2015-06-18 King Munjamyeong was the grandson of King Jangsu. His father, Joda, had been named crown prince by King Jangsu, who outlived his son. As the prince ...
#Korea Panorama 70 Years Part 24. From Oppression to Democracy 2015-06-16 Former army general Chun Doo-hwan was inaugurated as Korea’s 12th president on March 3, 1981, opening the era of the Fifth Republic. From the very ... Listen
King Jangsu (2) 2015-06-11 After successfully wrapping up his military campaign in Baekje by taking a considerable part of the southwestern kingdom, King Jangsu continued ...
#Korea Panorama 70 Years Part 23. The May 18th Democratic Uprising 2015-06-09 In the midst of the chaos following President Park Chung-hee's assassination in October 1979, then-army commander Chun Doo-hwan staged a military ... Listen
King Jangsu (1) 2015-06-04 King Jangsu is remembered as a great ruler, just like his father, Gwanggaeto the Great. Based on his father’s vast territorial expansion, King Jangsu ...
#Korea Panorama 70 Years Part 22. Cultural policies in the 1970s 2015-06-02 In 1973 the government initiated a five-year plan to promote Korean culture. It was the beginning of a nationwide project to restore the nationalistic ... Listen
#Korea Panorama 70 Years Part 21. Nationwide campaigns that defined the 1970s 2015-05-26 The 1970s in Korea is remembered as an era of nationwide campaigns. The government’s policy guidelines penetrated deeply into the everyday lives ... Listen
King Gwanggaeto the Great (2) 2015-05-25 While King Gwanggaeto was able to bring the entire Korean Peninsula under control effectively, he never neglected his territory expansion to the ...
#Korea Panorama 70 Years Part 20. Korea Reaches out to the World 2015-05-19 In the mid-1970s the Korean flags began to fly in many countries around the globe where the name “Korea” didn’t mean anything. Korean cars raced along ... Listen
#Korea Panorama 70 Years Part 19. The Korean Economy Takes Off 2015-05-19 Export powered Korea’s economic growth from the 1960s to the early 1970s. Lacking technology, capital, and resources, Korea had to rely on the labor-intensive ... Listen