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No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission by The Asia Foundation.  \nTable of Contents  \n005 ● Foreword to the 50th Anniversary History  \nMr. Park Tae-jin, former Program Advisor, The Asia Foundation Korea Office  \n009 ● Introduction  \nDr. David Steinberg, former Korea Office Representative  \n013 ● Chapter One  \n1954–1959: Engaging the Nation  \n051 ● Chapter Two 1960–1969: Forging Ahead  \n095 ● Chapter Three  \n1970–1979: Expanding Development  \n125 ● Chapter Four  \n1980–1994: Building a Modern Society  \n183 ● Chapter Five  \n1995–2004: Preparing for the Future  \n217 ● Chapter Six  \n2005–2017: Partner for Development Cooperation in Asia  \n281 ● Conclusion  \nDylan Davis, current Korea Office Representative, and Han Sung-Joo, Friends of The Asia Foundation Chairman  \n285 ● Appendices  \nForeword to the 50th Anniversary History  \nMr. Park Tae-jin  \nThis humble publication is the brainchild of several people within The Asia Foundation, including, first, the late Cho Tong-jae, our former senior program consultant, who started to write the history of the Korea Office in the late 1980s. Among others, Bill Fuller, former president of the Foundation, while visiting Korea some years ago, discreetly hinted to me that I should try to continue to write the history that Cho initiated. I hesitated to give him an affirmative response immediately. Despite my interest, I simply had no confidence in undertaking the assignment. In 2001, just a year after he was assigned to the Korea Office as Foundation representative, Scott Snyder nudged me to write a sort of oral history. Again, I indicated to him that I was not sure I could do it.  \nThen, at a Korea Office staff retreat held at Chindong-ri, Kangwon province, in May 2002, Scott openly urged me to finish the unofficial history of The Asia Foundation in Korea, coinciding with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Korea Office in October 2003. I reluctantly agreed, but with one condition: I would undertake the task if someone else would edit my draft. I insisted on this because I had had no experience in this type of work. I believed my writingskill was not up to standard, and it seemed to me vague as to how I should tackle the task. I anticipated the results of my writing to be in the form of a substandard, amateurish draft.  \nBut Foundation support for the history book continued. David Steinberg, a former Korea Office Representative, encouraged me to take on the task when he visited Seoul in the summer of 2002, and then David Kim, then director of the 50th Anniversary Program in the San Francisco Office, sent me a note encouraging this undertaking. Barnett Baron, executive vice president of the Foundation, and Tom Flynn, vice president for external relations, were also  \n*Mr. Park Tae-jin, coauthor of this book, worked for The Asia Foundation for more than five decades. He first joined the Korea Office staff in 1955, and over the years held various positions, including accountant, office manager, and program officer. Mr. Park studied political science at the Chungchi College (now known as Konkuk University) and business administration at Korea University.  \nThis Forward to the original 50th anniversary version of the book was left as is for the purpose of keeping a record of the origins of the book in Mr. Park's own words.  \nkeenly concerned with the need of a Korea Office history. I must confess that I still felt inadequately suited to the task.  \nI understood the rationale behind the insistence that I should write the history book expressed by all these people. It was simple. As I had been with the Foundation in Korea for some 44 years, I was regarded as a living memory or a livi","cbCaiqmFOOVT3AnM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqmFOOVT3AnM","pdf",8346874,"English","# Foreword to the 50th Anniversary History\n# Introduction\n# Chapter One: 1954–1959: Engaging the Nation\n# Chapter Two: 1960–1969: Forging Ahead\n# Chapter Three: 1970–1979: Expanding Development\n# Chapter Four: 1980–1994: Building a Modern Society\n# Chapter Five: 1995–2004: Preparing for the Future\n# Chapter Six: 2005–2017: Partner for Development Cooperation in Asia\n# Conclusion\n# Appendices","[{\"question\":\"What time span does this “Six Decades” history cover?\",\"answer\":\"It covers the Korea Office history from 1954–2017.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the main content organized?\",\"answer\":\"It is structured into a foreword, an introduction, six chronological chapters, a conclusion, and appendices.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the focus of Chapter Six?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter Six covers 2005–2017 and describes the Korea Office’s role as a partner for development cooperation in Asia.\"}]","A PARTNER FOR CHANGE - SIX DECADES of The Asia Foundation in Korea - 1954-2017 | PDF",1792703643,756]