South Korea’s postwar transformation – famously dubbed the “Miracle on the Han River” – is one of the 20th century’s most dramatic development stories. Between the end of the Korean War in 1953 and the dawn of the 1990s, South Korea vaulted from war-torn poverty to newly industrialized prosperity. This rapid economic rise was accompanied … Continue reading The Miracle on the Han River: South Korea’s Transformation, 1953–1990