... to his attention the human rights violations of the authoritarian South Korean government. This letter was part of a larger practice of Minjung Theologians and others to build rapport and build solidarity with foreign governments and churches. While the eventual process that led up to increasing democratization and the election of Kim Daejung as president of South Korea is to vast a topic ... ...

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... strategy for developing its society. Rather they were caught in the web of foreign colonial project, supported by a foreign ritual to which they must enter as individual (undermining the group solidarity of age-sets and sowing the seeds of individualism). The rituals that ensured mutual support of the group, guaranteed social benefits for retired elders, and certified the survival of the ... ...

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