Korean war and changes of South-Korean society in the 1950th

Korean war and changes of South-Korean society in the 1950th


Song Joonseo

Institute of Russian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea songjoo1@gmail.com

Kim Hye Jin

Ph.D. (Hist.), Research Prof., Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Republic of Korea arina@hufs.ac.kr

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Song Joonseo, Kim Hye Jin Korean war and changes of South-Korean society in the 1950th. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2015. No 2. P. 63-72




Abstract

Impact of Korean war (1950-1953) on Korean society is analyzed. It is asserted that the war, while destroying remnants of feudal class relation and improving position 163 of women in society has to a considerable degree influenced country’s modernization and played positive role in speedy industrialization during1960th.


Keywords
Коrean war; South-Korean society; social changes; modernization
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