Authoritarian mentality lives on By Casey Lartigue, Jr. The next time Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks about innovation and new ways of doing business being "deeply rooted" in city administration, I hope he will surround himself on stage with police officers and prosecutors. The authoritarian mentality is still alive in Korea, as Mark Clifford wrote in his 1994 book " Troubled Tiger ." Korea remains a "country of elite control" in which "the state oversees everything from wedding ceremonies to corporate investment." Korea then had 500,000 local government officials, reaching into every sector of Korean society. Two decades later, there is still no issue too trivial for Korea's numerous politicians to get involved in, with even former President Lee Myung-bak discussing in a 2011 cabinet meeting ― yes, a presidential cabinet meeting ― whether men working in host bars should be considered a...
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