Date: Monday, December 2nd, 2024

Time: 17:00

Location: New Millennium Hall, Room 112

Come join us as we journey through the book   Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee   ( Harvard University Asia Center , 2024) with the author Dr. Peter Banseok Kwon! Through extensive research of declassified documents and interviews with key participants, the newly released book examines how former president Park Chung Hee's secret defense industry program became a major catalyst for South Korea's extraordinary economic and military transformation.  Discover details about this historical era and more!

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Presented by Professor Michael Kim, the Institute of Modern Korean Studies, GSIS Korean Studies Program, and Harvard University Asia Center