My project is about the political crisis in Korea that is happening right now. This incident, which started about a month ago, is very significant that it has no precedents of political corruption scandal like this after the democratization of Korea. The crisis has shaken the Korean society, leaving many with a deep sense of malaise and insecurity. It all started from the intimate relationship between Park Geun-hye, the Korean president, and Choi Soon-sil.
Park Geun-hye met Choi Soon-sil through Choi 's father, Choi Tae-min. The elder Choi, born in 1912, was a pseudo-Christian cult leader. Park Geun-hye had just lost her mother, who was assassinated by a North Korean spy. Shortly after the assassination, the elder Choi contacted Park Geun-hye …show more content…
Park Jung-hee, who was in the Blue House for 17 years, was assassinated in October 1980. The whole country was in chaos, but people were dreaming about finally becoming a democratic country after being under the longest dictator in the history of Korea. However, new military authorities, led by Jeon Du-hwan, took over the government with 12.12 coup d’etat. People were devastated that the government fell under the military leader again, and people in Gwangju, mainly led by college students, gathered together to fight against the new authoritarian government. The leaders of the government knew their seizure of power was not a righteous thing, so they claimed the martial law, and slaughtered the protesters to shush them and falsely accused them as north Korean spies. People got angry at the government and the protest evolved into an armed struggle against the military. The protest itself was not successful because it failed to develop into a national outrage as the government strictly controlled the media and denounced the protesters as spies who tried to intensify the confusion of the state of the nation. However, it is meaningful that it started from the citizens to reform the government, and even though it changed into a violent combat, it established the idea of democracy into people’s mind, and showed the desire of the people to establish a democratic …show more content…
However, the protest that is going on right now is probably the most non-violent protest in the world. Even though there were more than 2 million people in one setting, no one was arrested, and people corrected themselves whenever some people tried to act violently. People obeyed the law enforcement, and there were some events in which the public gave the police flowers in order to thank for their hard work in trying to maintain the public order. Compared to previous uprisings that happened in the past, this is surely an interesting
Park Geun-hye met Choi Soon-sil through Choi 's father, Choi Tae-min. The elder Choi, born in 1912, was a pseudo-Christian cult leader. Park Geun-hye had just lost her mother, who was assassinated by a North Korean spy. Shortly after the assassination, the elder Choi contacted Park Geun-hye …show more content…
Park Jung-hee, who was in the Blue House for 17 years, was assassinated in October 1980. The whole country was in chaos, but people were dreaming about finally becoming a democratic country after being under the longest dictator in the history of Korea. However, new military authorities, led by Jeon Du-hwan, took over the government with 12.12 coup d’etat. People were devastated that the government fell under the military leader again, and people in Gwangju, mainly led by college students, gathered together to fight against the new authoritarian government. The leaders of the government knew their seizure of power was not a righteous thing, so they claimed the martial law, and slaughtered the protesters to shush them and falsely accused them as north Korean spies. People got angry at the government and the protest evolved into an armed struggle against the military. The protest itself was not successful because it failed to develop into a national outrage as the government strictly controlled the media and denounced the protesters as spies who tried to intensify the confusion of the state of the nation. However, it is meaningful that it started from the citizens to reform the government, and even though it changed into a violent combat, it established the idea of democracy into people’s mind, and showed the desire of the people to establish a democratic …show more content…
However, the protest that is going on right now is probably the most non-violent protest in the world. Even though there were more than 2 million people in one setting, no one was arrested, and people corrected themselves whenever some people tried to act violently. People obeyed the law enforcement, and there were some events in which the public gave the police flowers in order to thank for their hard work in trying to maintain the public order. Compared to previous uprisings that happened in the past, this is surely an interesting