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Sunday, February 27, 2011

The History of the Democratization Movement in Korea


The book "The History of the Democratization Movement in Korea" is written by Myung-sik Lee, a former activist and provides a chronological history of the major events of resistance to South Korea’s authoritarian rulers, gives a sense of the scope of the movements and the many people involved, and discusses some of the lessons activists learned as they fought their battles.

A pdf of the book can be found on the Korea Democracy Foundation website: www.kdemocracy.or.kr you can also visit their English page @: http://www.kdemocracy.or.kr/sub_01/engsub_01.asp

About the book on the website:

"사업회가 한국 민주화 운동사에 대한 외국인들의 이해를 돕기 위해 The History of Democratization Movement in Korea (한국민주화운동사)를 발간했다. 이 책은 해방 이후부터 1987년 6월 민주화 까지 한국 민주화운동의 주요 사건과 역사적 사실, 그리고 87년 민주화 이후 민주주의 심화 과정과 남겨진 과제들을 외국인들이 쉽고 바르게 이해할 수 있도록 돕기 위해 기획되었다.
책의 초고는 행동하는 양심 상임이사이자 80년대 민청련과 민통련 등에서 활동한 이명식이 집필했고 민주화운동기념사업회에서 이를 재정리했다. 감수는 1970~80년대 민주화운동 시기 아시아 월스트리트 저널 등 국제언론의 한국 주재 기자로 활동했던 노먼 소프(Norman Thorpe) 현 휘트워스대 겸임교수가 맡았다. 이 책은 비매품으로 한국 민주화운동에 관심 있는 해외 인사들에게 주로 배포된다.
(문의 : 기념사업국 02-3709-7615)"


A direct link to the page with pdf downloads is:

http://www.kdemocracy.or.kr/sub_01/sub_10_view.asp?_SearchField=%C0%FC%C3%BC&_SearchKey=&_BibRegNo=547&_PageNo=1

A great book, that will give you an overview of the democratic struggle of the Korean people aganist the military regimes and it was not a bed of roses as they say!

NOTE: Can anybody please guide me on how to add links within the text...I've not been able to figure it out after several attempts in the 'older format of blogger'.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for talking about this book and providing links!

    Oh and as far as blogger goes, instead of clicking on "Edit Html", I click on "Compose" when making a new post. In that window, you can highlight a set of words and add the URL.

    Feel free to delete this message if it helps or not :)

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  2. @Matthew:There are many books available on the website mentioned above.

    Thanks for the tip on adding links, I'll try that.

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