@article{ART003204579},
author={Park Kyung Yul},
title={The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea},
journal={Journal of Humanities},
issn={1598-8457},
year={2025},
number={97},
pages={039-075}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park Kyung Yul
TI - The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea
JO - Journal of Humanities
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 97
PB - Institute for Humanities
SP - 039
EP - 075
SN - 1598-8457
AB - This study examines how university students who had been expelled following the the Mincheong Hakryeon (National Democratic Youth and Student Federation) Incident in 1974, returned to the scenes of the democratization movements after their release in 1975 and what the consequences were. The Park Chung-hee regime not only ousted the students from the academic institutions by banning them from returning to universities but also enacted the Social Security Act to control their social activities. Contrary to the regime’s intention, however, the expelled students entered into various movements and contributed to the expansion of the protest movement. Progressive Christian organizations provided protection for the students in order to help them join again the pro-democracy movement, and in the southwestern region of Korea, or Jeolla-do, the students of the Mincheong Hakryeon generation took the lead in organizing the movements in the regional areas. The formation of the Mincheonghyeop (Democratic Youth and Human Rights Council) in May 1978 represented a collective organization of the youth and played a role in integrating the dispersed capacity of the Mincheong Hakryeon generation. The rise of this generation became one of the indirect yet significant catalysts for the eventual collapse of the Park regime. In this regard, the Park regime’s expulsion policy, as a means of political repression of student protests, ‘ironically’ facilitated the diversification and expansion of the democratization movement.
KW - Mincheong Hakryeon;Expulsion;Social Security Act;Jeonnam Association for the Imprisoned;Mincheonghyeop
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Park Kyung Yul. (2025). The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea. Journal of Humanities, 97, 039-075.
Park Kyung Yul. 2025, "The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea", Journal of Humanities, no.97, pp.039-075.
Park Kyung Yul "The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea" Journal of Humanities 97 pp.039-075 (2025) : 039.
Park Kyung Yul. The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea. 2025; 97 : 039-075.
Park Kyung Yul. "The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea" Journal of Humanities no.97(2025) : 039-075.
Park Kyung Yul. The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea. Journal of Humanities, 97, 039-075.
Park Kyung Yul. The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea. Journal of Humanities. 2025; 97 039-075.
Park Kyung Yul. The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea. 2025; 97 : 039-075.
Park Kyung Yul. "The Irony of Expulsion: The ‘Mincheong Hakryeon Generation’ and Their Activism in the Late 1970s in South Korea" Journal of Humanities no.97(2025) : 039-075.
