/465/ Quick Coups & Post-Development in Korea ft. Jamie Doucette
On the martial law crisis in South Korea.
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Jamie Doucette, who researches contemporary political economy and Korea's development at the University of Manchester, talks to Alex and George about December 2024's coup attempt and the past 50 years in the Republic of Korea.
Why is South Korea western capitalism's best propaganda tool?
Did Yoon Suk Yeol want to institute a dictatorship? Did he want to militarise all of society, or only politics?
How "unreconstructed" is the South Korean right? Do they dream of dicatorship?
What was the Park Chung-hee…
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