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Korean Democracy: Alive and Well

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Mar 16, 2017
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Serious concerns have been raised about the erosion of democracy in Korea under two successive conservative governments and, in particular, the current Park Geun-hye administration, which has just been booted from office.

The critics have cited party infighting, history textbook controversy, Park’s uncommunicative leadership style, passage of an anti-ter…

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