South Korea - SOCIETY - 0 views
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When the war ended in 1945, the great majority of the people living in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula were poor peasants.
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Japanese colonial regime from 1910 to 1945 had promoted modernization of the economy and society
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By 1990 educational and public health standards were high, most people lived in urban areas, and a complex structure of social classes had emerged that resembled the social structures of developed Western countries or Japan. The country also was making substantial progress in its evolution from a military dictatorship similar to that of many Third World regimes to a democratic, pluralistic political system.
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