Developmentalist-exporting dictatorship

Park Chung Hee's South Korea

Under Park Chung Hee, South Korea combined military-authoritarian rule, rigid anti-communism, social discipline, and state planning aimed at export-led industrialization, building the major chaebols and preparing the country's technological rise.

Historical regime · 1961–1979

Profile across the 12 axes

How Park Chung Hee's South Korea positions on each of the 12 political dimensions measured by 12 Axes.

Structure

Very strong - Unitary

Federal 4%

Unitary 96%

Representation

Very strong - Autocracy

Democracy 10%

Autocracy 90%

Power

Very strong - Security

Security 93%

Liberty 8%

Immigration

Strong - Assimilation

Assimilation 81%

Multiculturalism 19%

Diplomacy

Strong - Militarist

Militarist 83%

Pacifist 18%

Intervention

Strong - Nationalist

Non-interventionist 25%

Nationalist 75%

Economy

Balanced

Public 46%

Private 54%

Control

Strong - Planning

Planning 80%

Free market 20%

Trade

Strong - Protectionism

Protectionism 74%

Globalism 26%

Religion

Balanced

Irreligious 53%

Religious 48%

Morality

Very strong - Traditionalist

Progressive 13%

Traditionalist 88%

Technology

Leaning - Technology

Technology 65%

Biology 35%

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