http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2009/05/catching-up-conferences-se-asia-highways/ The Korea History Group Blog Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:29:23 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2009/05/catching-up-conferences-se-asia-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-68198 John Fri, 29 May 2009 11:53:27 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/?p=333#comment-68198 Thanks for the reference, Owen, and if you have any other suggestions, please let me know; you're absoilutely right, lots of people have outlined the broad contours of Vietnam-era procurements, but I haven't seen that much that gets specific, especially in terms of individual projects and materiality. Also, I guess I'm more attuned to the SE Asian links now that I live there--thanks again, John Thanks for the reference, Owen, and if you have any other suggestions, please let me know; you’re absoilutely right, lots of people have outlined the broad contours of Vietnam-era procurements, but I haven’t seen that much that gets specific, especially in terms of individual projects and materiality. Also, I guess I’m more attuned to the SE Asian links now that I live there–thanks again, John

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2009/05/catching-up-conferences-se-asia-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-68042 Owen Wed, 20 May 2009 10:54:52 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/?p=333#comment-68042 Interesting post John. The importance of Vietnam for the development of the South Korean economy has been noted by various scholars I believe. Basically the idea is that it played the same role as a procurement bonanza for Korea that the Korean War played for Japan in the 50s. There is an article (in Korean) on this by the Marxist economist Jeong Seongjin who attempts to show the precise relationship between South Korea's economic growth and war-related procurement (chapter 3 in his book < <마르크스와 한국경제>>). Interesting post John. The importance of Vietnam for the development of the South Korean economy has been noted by various scholars I believe. Basically the idea is that it played the same role as a procurement bonanza for Korea that the Korean War played for Japan in the 50s. There is an article (in Korean) on this by the Marxist economist Jeong Seongjin who attempts to show the precise relationship between South Korea’s economic growth and war-related procurement (chapter 3 in his book < <마르크스와 한국경제>>).

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