Lectures

Korea's Farmland Reform
  • Instructor : Sungnam Kim
  • Year : Year 5(2025-2026)
  • Difficulty : Basic
  • Target : Specific
  • Field : Economy and Society
  • Type : Ordinary
  • Week : 6 Weeks
  • Keywords
    Land Reform, Landlord System, Owner-Farmer System, In-kind Repayment, Restructuring of Power Structure
Summary
While examining Korea's land reform, this course first looks at the historical process through which the landlord system—the target of the reform—was formed, in order to understand the background of the reform's implementation. It also closely examines the twists and turns that occurred during the process of establishing the land reform plan and actually executing it. Finally, it discusses how the "land to the tiller" spirit of the land reform can be inherited in a modern way. Students will be able to deepen their understanding of the formation of Korea's modern state and its economic growth process.
Instructor
Sung Nam Kim
1. Affiliation: Nonghyup Economic Research Institute
2. Education: B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
                       M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
                       Ph.D. in Economics, Seoul National University
3. Selected Publications
“Recent Trends and Actual Conditions of the Livestock Industry in North Korea,” Nonghyup Quarterly Journal of Research and Studies 1, 2020 (Kor.); “Trends in the Age at First Marriage of Koreans, Focusing on the War Period,” Review of Economic History 54, 2013 (Kor.). et al.
Guidebooks
week01.pdf (1 MB)
week02.pdf (1 MB)
week03.pdf (1 MB)
week04.pdf (1 MB)
week05.pdf (1 MB)
week06.pdf (1 MB)
exam.pdf (226 KB)