Roh Tae-woo Democratic Justice Party — Nordpolitik transition (South Korea)

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Roh Tae-woo post-authoritarian transitional doctrine — first directly- elected president after 1987 democratisation; Nordpolitik foreign- policy opening to USSR/China/North Korea; domestic chaebol-centred growth with early democratisation frictions. Economic school: state- developmentalist continuation with selective liberalisation; wages rose sharply after 1987 labour liberalisation. Dated policies: 1988 Seoul Olympics 17 Sep-2 Oct 1988 (legitimacy anchor); Sixth Five-Year Plan continuation; three-party merger 22 Jan 1990 forming Democratic Liberal Party (DJP + Kim Young-sam RDP + Kim Jong-pil NDRP) on Japanese-LDP model creating conservative super-majority; Nordpolitik — USSR relations normalised 30 Sep 1990, China 24 Aug 1992, North-South Basic Agreement 13 Dec 1991, Joint Declaration on Denuclearization 20 Jan 1992; housing 2-million-unit construction plan 1988-1992; real-name financial transactions debate (implemented later by Kim Young-sam); wage growth 18-21% annually 1988-1991 post-democratisation labour liberalisation. Left-right: centre-right conservative; democratisation concessions reduced authoritarian scaffolding. Popularity: Dec 1987 election Roh 36.6% (three-way split with Kim Young-sam 28.0% and Kim Dae-jung 27.0%); Apr 1988 National Assembly DJP 34.0% / 125 seats (lost majority); post-1990 merger DLP supermajority. Coherence: moderate — Nordpolitik coherent foreign-policy doctrine; domestic economic policy reactive to democratisation-driven wage/land-price surges; chaebol governance reforms stalled.