Development of Political Education in Korea

Abstract

Since Korea achieved independence from Japanese colonization in 1945. Koreans have had a steadfast and strong aspiration to actualize democracy in Korea. However, this

aspiration of Koreans toward derriocracy cannot be fulfilled owing to the previous authoritarian governments in Korea. This

unfulfilled aspiration engendered continuous conflicts between the Korean people and their governments until the 1980s. These

conflicts have been the major source of historical and political turbulance as well as the thrust for political development in

Korea. Thanks to the firm aspiration for democracy of the Korean people. Korean society, in spite of its serious sociopolitical problems and difficulties. continues to progress.