Rewriting the Economic Growth History of Korea in the 1970s: Focusing on the Pollution Imports and the Shadow People of Economic Growth

During the period of rapid economic growth since 1970s, Korea imported many polluting industrial facilities from Japan, resulting in generation huge amounts hazardous waste. While problems environmental degradation such as these were an integral part Korea’s development process, they have received only scant attention official history country’s development, often being dismissed peripheral issues. This paper aims to go beyond this tendency by rewriting that underlay disputes caused importation industries Japan 1970s. Its features can be summarized follows.</br>First, was most damaging pollution exporter and it also direct channel import knowledge pollution, alternative logic against issues.</br>Second, discussions over 1970s occurred antagonistic relationship between four groups: government, media, opposition party, scholars.</br>Third, a group experts played various roles, including bureaucrats, researchers, policy makers, leading discussion Korean society 1970s.</br>It has been well 50 years 1970. Nevertheless, still does not hesitate create areas people become shadows wake development. explains why we should focus on “sick body” rather than “numbers” age science technology.