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
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
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
Part 18. Subway Line No. 1, opening a new chapter in the nation’s transport history 2015-05-05 During the 1960s, before the city had a subway system, Seoul suffered from severe traffic congestion, the result of rapid industrialization and ... Listen
Part 17. New Community Movement 2015-04-28 The New Community Movement, which used to be known as the New Village Movement, began in the 1970s to accelerate Korea’s economic growth. Residents ... Listen
Part 16. Youth Culture Blows through the Yushin Era 2015-04-21 President Park Chung-hee proclaimed emergency martial law on October 17, 1972, opening the era of the Yushin Constitution. The new Constitution ... Listen
Part 15. Jeon Tae-il Ignites Korea’s Labor Movement 2015-04-14 A young garment worker set himself on fire on November 13, 1970 in protest of the deplorable working conditions in the Pyeonghwa Market sewing factories. ... Listen
Part 14. The Gyeongbu Expressway 2015-04-07 The Gyeongbu Expressway, Korea's first modern highway, was opened on July 7th, 1970. The 428-kilometer expressway linked Seoul and Busan, two ... Listen
Part 13. North Korean Terrorist Attack on Cheong Wa Dae in 1968 2015-03-31 There had been a series of provocations instigated by North Korea following the Korean War, but the most brazen one was the attempted assassination ... Listen
Part 12. Treaty on Basic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan 2015-03-24 Korea and Japan normalized their diplomatic ties with the Treaty on Basic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan. The treaty earned Korea ... Listen