306 Undercurrents in the Han River: The Coup and the Prehistory of South Korea's Transition
The blockbuster film Seoul Spring in South Korea has provided a new narrative version of the "December 12th" story of 1979, and also reflects the attitude of a new generation of South Koreans toward this history, where good and evil are ambiguous. In this episode, we will trace the history of military intervention in South Korean politics since 1960. Since the Second Republic, how have graduates of the Korea Military Academy and intelligence agencies become the core of South Korea's upper politics? What kind of factional struggles lay behind Park Chung-hee's classic rule of playing one faction against another? Looking back at today, have these negative political legacies truly gone away? Welcome to listen to the wonderful sharing brought to you by Liu Yi and Sha Qingqing!
Original Chinese title & description
306 汉江暗流：兵变与韩国转型前史
在韩国爆火的电影《首尔之春》给1979年的“双十二”故事提供了新的叙事版本，也折射出新一代韩国人对于这段正邪善恶模棱两可的历史的态度。我们在本期会回溯韩国从1960年以来的军人干政历史，自第二共和国以后，陆士毕业生和情报机构如何成为了韩国上层政治的核心？朴正熙拉一派打一派的古典统治背后充满了怎样的派系斗争？目光回到今天，这些负面的政治遗产真的远去了吗？欢迎收听刘怡、沙青青为我们带来的精彩分享！
Participation credit “本期话题成员”：沙青青（微信公众号：13号埋立地）。
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