- P-ISSN0023-3900
- E-ISSN2733-9343
- A&HCI, SCOPUS, KCI
ISSN : 0023-3900
The Political Power-Mediated Expansion of Science and Technology under the Park Chung Hee Regime
Abstract
Research on the position of the Park Chung Hee regime in the history of contemporary science and technology in South Korea has hitherto consisted of the search for answers to two opposed questions. The one question concerns the periods in which the dramatic development of science and technology in South Korea occurred; and the other concerns the origins of the problems currently faced by science and technology. In other words, studies have sought to highlight and to identify either positive or negative aspects of science and technology respectively during the Park era. However, This paper poses a different and original question: “How did the collusion between science and technology and politics, which may be the foundation of science and technology in South Korea, occur?” In fact, the government-led pursuit of science and technology, the industrial technology-centered development, and the nation’s ambitious technology projects are partial phenomena derived from this collusion. The present study aims to dynamically track changes in the relationship between science and technology and the highest levels of government, and the social expansion of science and technology that occurred amidst such changes.
- keywords
- science and technology, political power, Choi Hyung Sup, Park Chung Hee, KIST, KOFST, technological projects
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