Abstract

“Modernization of the village through the modernization of consciousness” was the call of Saemaul Undong, or the “new village movement.” A government program that began in the 1970s with actions that were, at first glance, very simple, has grown into a nationwide movement that still exists in the country today. “The Spirit of Saemaul,” according to experts, has become an inspirational story for many state campaigns in which the main element is the idea of residents coming together to create a common good and prosperity. It has also become an inspiration to the more than one hundred rural areas around the world that are introducing the “new village movement” based on the Saemaul International Center in our time

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