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SUMMARY:Modern Korea: two perspectives on its extraordinary ascent - John 
 Swenson-Wright and Harry Bhadeshia
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CONTACT:Dr Anke Plagnol
DESCRIPTION:Consensual politics\, justice\, education and a competitive ec
 onomy are the hall-marks of a happy nation. There is no country other than
  South Korea which has shown a meteoric advance along all of these goals o
 ver a period of just three decades\, beginning with abject poverty in all 
 four contexts.\n\nWe present our personal experiences on (a) the state of 
 the social and political systems\; (b) the rise of higher education and re
 search. We hope to explain why other countries\, the latest being Bahrain 
 and Indonesia\, look towards South Korea in order to emulate rapid develop
 ment. The subjects will be described in the context of the sometimes tragi
 c history of this divided nation.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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