Ideology of labor policy of the Republic of Korea in 1967-1987

Ermolaeva Ekaterina Mikhailovna

1960–1980s for the Republic of Korea were a period of rapid industrialization, which required the involvement of significant labor resources. The process of intensive economic growth in South Korea took place in an authoritarian political system. Korean government pursued a new social and labor policy with autocratic methods, including directives, coercion, and ideological leverage based on the promotion of traditional values. South Korea went through intensive social transformations, which were an integral part of economic development and contributed a lot to the growth of the education of the workforce. But at the same time that measures formed authoritarian-corporate system of labor relations, which was very convenient both for state and corporations to control people’s on-work and off-work activities.

Keywords:Republic of Korea, labor policy, authoritarianism, authoritarian-corporate system of labor relations, paternalism, state ideology, corporate policy, labor movement.