Word: lees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result, academics say they "had to learn to walk a neutral tightrope," Lee adds. "Teachers and students wouldn't say they were against Park, but they wouldn't say they were for him," she explains...
Wood says she encountered a similar fear among the teachers at her school. "I'd ask them about politics and they would hedge and change the subject." Lee says this watchfulness stems from the KCIA informers among fellow teachers and students...
Despite the abuses of the Park regime, Lee says "South Koreans preferred his government to invasion by the communists. Koreans have seen war and what it has done to their country and people...
That decimation precipitated a "love-hate relationship" towards the U.S. among the Korean people, Lee says, adding. "They're totally dependent on American aid. They're resentful but they know they need...
...Wood and Lee agree that the greatest tragedy in the Koreas is the ongoing strife dividing the people. Lee adds, "Once a year, at the border, doves are released to express the yearning for unity...