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After 32 years of military and military-civilian rule, citizens of Korea are generally content with their democratic-civilian government, hoping that democracy can further enhance the quality of their lives through equity and dignity. Korea (the Republic of Korea, or South Korea) has been one of the most rapidly industrializing and modernizing countries in the world for the past three decades. The country was one of the world’s fastest growing economies between 1963 and 1987; Korea’s GDP increased at an average annual rate of 9.3 per cent from 1963 to 1973, 8.2 per cent from 1973 to 1981, and 8.4 per cent from 1981 to 1986 (Bank of Korea, various years). The development indicators from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s far exceeded those achieved by the United States, Japan, West Germany and the United Kingdom during the same period. Per capita income increased from $87 in 1962 to $8330 in 1994.
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Jun, J.S., Yoon, J.P. (1996). Korean Public Administration at a Crossroads: Culture, Development and Change. In: Huque, A.S., Lam, J.T.M., Lee, J.C.Y. (eds) Public Administration in the NICs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24873-5_4
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