Park Chung-hee administration

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The Park Chung-hee administration was the authoritarian South Korean government (1961–1979) that drove rapid industrialization and infrastructure expansion, laying the foundations for the country’s modern economic growth.

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instanceOf South Korean presidential administration
authoritarian government
builtInfrastructure Gyeongbu Expressway
cameToPowerBy May 16 coup
characterizedBy military influence in politics
rapid economic growth
state intervention in the economy
constitutionalChange Fourth Republic of Korea
Third Republic of Korea
country South Korea
dateOfEvent 1961-05-16
1964
1965-06-22
1970
1973
1979-10-26
economicPolicy infrastructure expansion
promotion of chaebol conglomerates
rapid industrialization
endedWith assassination of Park Chung-hee
endTime 1979
followedBy Choi Kyu-hah administration
foreignPolicy close alliance with the United States
dispatch of South Korean troops to the Vietnam War
headOfGovernment Park Chung-hee
headOfState Park Chung-hee
humanRightsRecord censorship
suppression of opposition
widespread political repression
implementedPolicy Five-Year Economic Development Plans
Saemaul Undong
Yushin Constitution
export-oriented industrialization
heavy and chemical industry drive
normalization treaty with Japan
state-directed credit allocation
introduced Yushin system
politicalIdeology anti-communism
authoritarianism
developmentalism
state-led capitalism
precededBy Second Republic of Korea
securityPolicy National Intelligence Service predecessor KCIA
strong internal security apparatus
signedTreaty Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea
startTime 1961

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Gyeongbu Expressway constructionEra Park Chung-hee administration
People’s Party (South Korea, 1963) partOf Third Republic of South Korea era
linked to: Park Chung-hee administration
South Korean democracy movement opposedRegime Park Chung-hee government
linked to: Park Chung-hee administration