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by Daniel Tudor

  • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
  • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
  • Release date: 09-25-18
  • Language: English

South Korea’s amazing rise from the ashes: The inside story of an economic, political, and cultural phenomenon

Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just 50 years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.

Daniel Tudor is a journalist who has lived in and written about Korea for almost a decade. In Korea: The Impossible Country, Tudor examines Korea’s cultural foundations; the Korean character; the public sphere in politics, business, and the workplace as well as the family, dating, and marriage. In doing so, he touches on topics as diverse as shamanism, clan-ism, the dilemma posed by North Korea, the myths about doing business in Korea, the Koreans’ renowned hard-partying ethos, and why the infatuation with learning English is now causing massive social problems.

South Korea has undergone two miracles at once: economic development and complete democratization. The question now is, will it become as some see Japan, a prosperous yet aging society, devoid of energy and momentum? Or will the dynamism of Korean society and its willingness to change – as well as the opportunity it has now to welcome outsiders into its fold – enable it to experience a third miracle that will propel it into the ranks of the world’s leading nations regarding human culture, democracy, and wealth?

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Language

English

Release date

09-25-18

Length

13 hrs and 44 mins

Narrated by

James Cameron Stewart

Author

Daniel Tudor

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