Talk:Miracle on the Han River

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The link to Seoul becomes the "Miracle on the Han" is no longer available. I'm not sure of the correct protocol in this case. Do I just delete the link? Or annotate it as broken? --Frazmi 11:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

This page was a bit too nationalistic. It reads like a poor translation of a nationalistic children's textbook. I've removed some slogans and replaced some phrases with more neutral phrases with the same meaning. For example, a trade surplus is not an "achievement", it can have negative as well as positive qualities and can be seen as a sign of an underdeveloped consumer market as much as an exemplary export market. I've also removed allusions to how the imposition of travel restrictions during the 1997 economic crisis "shows the greatness of Korea" I have referred to the country as "South Korea" since the northern half of the peninsula has not enjoyed much of an economic miracle. I have removed or toned down references to Korea's hosting of athletic events, since their economic importance is largely symbolic.

Here is a more radical proposed rewrite. I will wait until consensus before implementing it: Miracle on the Han River refers to the stunning economic growth of South Korea begun by the junta of Park Chung Hee in 1961 and continuing to the present. In this time, South Korea has risen from one of the poorest countries in the world to a developed member of the OECD. For more information, see Economy of South Korea.

The Economy of South Korea article is vastly superior to this one. David s graff 12:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Seeing as how this article was originally intended as nothing more than a (very short) article about a catchphrase rather than a fork of the Economy of South Korea article (which would be inappropriate anyhow), I wouldn't mind if we just took out all of the 'background information' and just left a link to the economy article. I'm going to go ahead and revert the article to the state it was in a few days ago, and add the link to the economy article. --Zonath^Yak 18:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)