The Dialogue between Park Chung-hee and Kim Dae-jung

A Self-Portrait of Contemporary Korean History

This lecture fast-forwards half a century to modern day Korea to depict a conversation that the two leaders were unable to have during their lifetimes. Through the dialogue between Kim Dae-jung and Park Chung-hee, this lecture traces the major scenes in contemporary Korean history, the historical contexts of those scenes, and the historical roles of the two leaders in order to re-examine their respective philosophical arguments and anguish they endured.