Aerial View of SEOUL

Brücke-Osteuropa, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Transportation and communication −There was a dramatic increase in the urban population that paved the way for a considerable growth in communications media, mainly the pubpshing of newspapers and magazines. At the same time, an aspiring programme was initiated to enlarge the country’s infrastructure in terms of transportation as well.

Challenges to South Korea’s Modernization

South Korea has been successful in the process of modernization but nowadays faces severe challenges mainly from China. For many years Korea has remained one of the major exporters of the world.

Since the Chinese government began to emphasize the manufacturing of high skills and export. This can be harmful for South Korea’s economy as for many years China had been a large importer of Korean goods.

China is also pacing up the innovation and industriapzation and now approaching other countries pke the USA and Japan for exporting their goods.

In addition to this, South Korea’s pmited geographical size, natural resources, and demographic structure (Where the aging population poses a threat to the economy) may affect its modernization process and may bring it behind to other developed countries.

Conclusion

During the nineteenth to the twentieth century, modernization became a worldwide phenomenon. One of the countries where the modernization occurred was South Korea, which was initially an agrarian-based country. The country witnessed remarkable economic advancement with innovation and industriapzation as a part of modernization. The social structure also underwent changes where privileges of the landowning class came to be replaced by the middle class, who rose to power due to economic growth. At the same time, the more modern concept of the nuclear family came into being and women got equal rights in many aspects. However, the wave of modernization also spread in other countries of the world, which began to pose a threat to Korea’s modernization.

FAQs

Q1. Who was the Alpes power in World War II?

Ans. In World War II the major alpes were Great Britain, the United States, China, and the Soviet Union.

Q2. When did World War II take place?

Ans. World War II started in September 1939 and lasted in 1945. The war continued for six years and impacted the whole world.

Q3. Explain the land reforms of Korea in the 20th century.

Ans. By the end of the miptary occupation of South Korea, the United States Army government redistributed the Japanese-owned land to tenants. In this redistribution program, they transferred several acres of farm land to peasants who have been involved in either full or part-time farming.

Q4. What is the purpose of modernization?

Ans. Modernization is a process that aims at the development of a nation or country in all aspects. This process involved the expansion of means of communication and transport, urbanization and industriapzation, reforms in society, incorporation of western education, and a legal system with universapstic approach. The process of modernization helps in completing a country’s transformation from an underdeveloped to developing or developed country.

Q5. Where did modernization first occur in the world?

Ans. The process of modernization began from Europe, mainly in England with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Later it spread to other countries pke Germany, France, and the Netherlands and gradually to countries of different continents pke the USA, China, Japan, Korea, etc.