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PARK CHUNG HEE

Park Chung Hee (1917-1979) was South Korea's most enduring leader. He ruled the country for 18 years (1963-79) and the jury is still out on whether he was a mostly savior or a tyrant.

On one hand, he is credited with launching the economic miracle in South Korea through his support of Korean enterprises and efficient use of millions of dollars of foreign aid. On the other hand, he has been sharply criticized for wielding dictatorial powers and brutally suppressing dissent.

A Former schoolteacher and army officer during the Japanese colonial period, Park became a general during the Korean War and took power in May 1961 in a military coup that ended more than a decade of civilian rule in South Korea.

Presided over the economic development of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s. Park was an authoritarian ruler who lost patience with the democratic opposition and ended up ruling by d