democratization in Korea

Democratization ------------------------------ 9824055 Russian and Russian Literature (Kim Suh Jin) ±è¼­Áø e-mail : devotomil@hanmail.net Usually when a country goes through democratic transition there are two side which conflict during the process. The present government which wields the power and challengers from opposition parties. In South Korea's case it was the authoritarian regime and the political opposition and the opposition experienced suppression and confrontation before reaching a compromise. The authoritarian regime has resources to obstruct or extend …

…and opposition party, as the case in S. Korea. However, preventing military from entering the politics and slowly removing regionalism from S. Korea is of major concern. Even though Roh curtailed the military's role in politics there still is a chance for it to emerge again. Also regionalism is a huge problem that affects the present political system. These are some of the problems that need to be worked out in the future. Bibliography none