A South Korean conservative identity crisis as political tides shift

On May 5, 1951, during a joint hearing of the US Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, General Douglas MacArthur was asked whether the Japanese could be trusted to defend the freedoms they had gained under the post-surrender occupation. He responded affirmatively, stating that Japan was capable of maintaining its liberal democratic system. Well, […]
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