Traditional community culture contributing to the social-economic development of Korea

Abstract

South Korea has achieved incredible economic growth and is often referred to as the “Miracle of Asia” over the past five decades. In addition to the research and analysis of the causes and motivations for that development process in terms of economics, politics, and development policies of the government, traditional community culture is also proven to be one of the the most important factor contributing to socio-economic development. This paper explains about Korea’s traditional community culture elements including community culture influenced by Confucianism and village community cooperative practices. Besides, it also mentions the impact of those cultural factors in the period of socio-economic development since 1960.