The document summarizes the legacy of the Korean War and what good came out of the sacrifices made by Korean War veterans. It discusses how South Korea transformed from a war-torn nation into a thriving democracy and economic powerhouse. Key points include South Korea becoming a model of free democracy and economic development, transforming from an aid recipient to an aid donor while building the 13th largest economy in the world. The document also outlines South Korea's educational and economic policies that facilitated this transformation over the past 60 years since the war.

1. LEGACY OF THE KOREAN WAR &
KWVS: WHAT GOOD CAN COME
OUT OF IT?
DR. JONGWOO HAN
PRESIDENT, KWLF INC.
WWW.KWVDM.ORG

2. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
What Good did come out of the Korean
War and your sacrifice?
 ROK: Model of free democracy, world
economic power out of ashes
 Uniqueness: Simultaneous achievement of
both economic and political development
during 1960s to 1980s
 Most substantive democracy in Asia
 13th largest economy
 From aids recipient to aids-offering

3. 60
Korea, the First to Turn Donor from Recipient
1
1
Korean War
(1950-53)
1945 1960 1970 1980 1990 1996
1998 ’07
Per capita
income ($)
10,000
5,000
1953
15,000
17,193
’08
20,000
’09
67 79
12,197
7,355
1,000(1977)
21,695
Liberation from
Japanese Colonial
Rule (1910-45)
Six 5-Year-Economic-
Development Plans
Military Coup in
1961
Financial
Crisis
OECD
Member
Democratization in
1987
Global Financial
Crisis
In 1961, per capita income ranking : 101st out of 125 countries
(N. Korea: 3 times larger than S. Korea) Domestic saving/GDP ratio: only 5%
20,759
’10

4. Korea over the Last 5 Decades
1961 2010
Per Capita GNI (USD) 82 20,759
Commodity Exports (USD) 41 mil. 464 bil.
Employment Share (%)
Agriculture, Forestry & Fish.
Mining & Manufacturing
63.0 (1963)
8.7 (1963)
4.9
17.8
27.6 (’90)
Life Expectancy 55.3 (1960) 80.5 (’09)
Enrollment Rate (%)
Senior High Schools
29.3 (1970)
92.5
Universities/Colleges
9.0 (1970)
69.6
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5. 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
HCI Product
Light Industry
Product
Agricultural
Product
50%
Wig Textile Automobile Semiconductor
Semiconductor,
Mobile Phone,
DTV, Display,
Automobile,
Shipbuilding, etc.
80%
14%
6%
Changing Export Structure:
from Agriculture to Light Industry to HCI
4

6. Economic Take-Off with Outward-looking
Development Strategy
Working Mechanism of Outward-looking Development Strategy
Export
Manufacturing Promotion
Processing
Government
Private
Enterprises
Foreign Capital Inducement
(Economic Aids External Debt)
Technology Development
Economic Growth
S
Financial  Tax Support
Well-educated Labor force
S
Capital Good Imports
Raw Material Imports
Foreign Technology
Imports
9

7. Cooperative Correspondence Between Economic
Development and Education Policy in Korea
Heavy and Chemical
7
National
Development
Phase
Economic Development Education Policy
Phase 1
(1945-1960)
Agriculture Society, Postwar
Reconstruction, Period Export-
Centered Industrialization
Establishment of Basic Education
System, Universalization of
Elementary Education
Phase 2
1960s
Labor-Intensive Industrialization
Centered on Light Industry
Expansion of Secondary Education,
Training and Expansion of
Vocational
1970s Industrialization, Fostering Large
Technology Education
Companies
Phase 3
(1980s-1990s)
Technology, Knowledge,
Information-Intensive
Industrialization
Expansion of Higher Education
Phase 4
(2000-present)
Entry into Globalization,
Informationalization, Knowledge-
Based Economy
Popularization of Higher Education,
Educational Informationalization,
Lifelong Learning, National Human
Resource Development
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8. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
’ ’64 De-Stalinization
Khrushchev ousted
Korean War
ROK Embassy
in China, USSR
& US election
92
58
’61
DPRK-China
Defense
Treaty
‘92-‘93 NK allow 6 IAEA
inspectors,
Jan—Team Spirit
Feb—Butler aim NK
Mar—NPT Withdrew
June—NK-US High level talk,
DPRK
Suspension of NPT
93
62
Crisis
94
May-8000 fuel
rods extracted,
June- Carter in PY
July- High level talk
in Geneva
Oct. –Agreed
Framework
’68 Pueblo
’69 EC-121
N-S Korea
First
Summit
66
’98 DJ of ROK
Reconciliation
policy
99
Perry
Report
00
’01 9/11
Terror
’02 January
Axis of Evil
Speech
Yongbyon
Reactor
Completed
84
Iraq War,
German
Unification,
South-North &
Seoul-Soviet
high level talks
high level talks
9/18 6 Party Talks
9/15 BDA
March –
Iraq War
03
November-
NK NPT
Withdrew
August - 6
Party Talks
in Beijing
04 05 06
’02 Oct.
Kelly
confront
NK’s HEU
program
July—NK missile test
Oct. —NK nuclear test
02 07
S Korea
MB Lee
President
April—6 Party Talks
October - S-N Korean
summit
Strained
alliance
between
DPRK &
Soviet Union
and China
began
DPRK
Famine
95
Chart 1. Timelines of DPRK-related Major Events
50 91
53
US Deploy
Nuclear Weapons
4Mg Wt
Reactor
in DPRK
’66-’71 Cultural
Revolution in China
Nixon
Doctrine &.
Sino-Soviet
Split
‘69
Sino-US
normalization
71
DMZ
Poplar
Tree
accident
76
DPRK
reactor
under
IAEA
77
DPRK
blow up
Rangoon
83
Seoul-DPRK-US Talks
87
89
DPRK
Extracting
fuel rods
90
S-N Korea UN join,
S-N Korea Basic
Agreement,
NK nuclear development
US nuclear weapons
withdrew
Cold War End of Cold War
SU-KUT
Exchang
e began
08
NY
Symphony
in DPRK
Feb.

9. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial John 1:46 & Your Fight & R.O.K.
 “Nazareth!
 Can anything good come from there?”
Nathanael asked.
 “Come and see,” said Philip
 Nazareth?
 Korea?: “Honey Pot” “Cold” “Hunger”
 KWVs? Romans 5:3 “We also rejoice in our
sufferings, because we know that suffering
produces perseverance, [p] character, [c]
hope.”

10. Data (2012) The United States Republic of Korea
Population 316 million 50.2 million
Territory 3.80 million square miles
(9.85 million km2)
(98.2 times)
100,210 km2 (109th)
38,691 sq mi
GDP $15.7 trillion $1.2 trillion
Eco. Growth Rate 2.2% 2.0%
Trade Portion in GDP 32% 110%
FDI $206 billion $5 billion
Defense Budget in GDP 4.4% 2.8%
Internet Users 81% 84%

12. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
KWVs in Syracuse: Amb. Pyo Wook Han Lecture
Series on US/Korea Affairs

19. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial 2005 Lecture Series: KWVs, PM Goh & Amb. Choi

35. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial KWVDM Foundation: from KUT Digital Library Project
 www.kwvdm.org
 Established in 2011 but root in KPAC, SU
 Officially supported by MPVA and a few
Korean companies
 Oral histories and artifacts: “from their own
eyes”
 KWV YC: Descendants workshop in
Washington D.C. 2013
 C-SPAN coverage

36. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial Christmas during the Battle

37. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
Boot made in POW Camp: “60년의 약속 (60 Years’
of Promise)” by MBC

41. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial
Never Been Forgotten

42. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial Korean Flag by KWVs’ Picture

43. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial Stars and Stripes

44.  KWVA Reunion in St. Louis, IL
 Proposing to establish “KWV Youth Corps”
 Agreed but pessimistic
 Why?
 We have tried American youth including my
own grandkids
 (N-1)!

47. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial The 2nd Convention of KWV Youth Corps (2014)
Time Friday (7/25) Saturday (7/26) Sunday (7/27) Monday(7/28)
8 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9
Interviews (9-12)/10 minute
presentation @ end before lunch
break
Symposium/Finishing History
Book Project (9-13) / 20
minutes of presentations (2)
Pentagon Visit (8:15-11)
10
11 Wrap-up of interview practice,
Lunch (11-14:30)
ALSO: Ending Ceremony,
Elections, Awards, Membership
Expectations, Newsletter
Submissions
12 Lunch (12-1)
13
Symposium/History Book Project
(1-6)/10 min presentation
Lunch (1-2)
14
21 Korean War Participated
Countries International Festival
(or National Mall Tour)
(2:30-7)
CHECK-OUT
15
CHECK-IN
16
17
18 Opening Ceremony
(Best 2 presentations
– 20 minutes)
Dinner @ Cafe Asia (6-9)
Speeches from MPVA, Group
Performance (Best presentations –
20 minutes)
19 Dinner @hotel
Remember 7/27 event and
Sandwich Dinner (7-8:30)
20 Dinner
21
Dinner
Tour of KWV Memorial
Presentations throughout – 10-15
min each

84. Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial And, urgent matter: KWVs in future