Pak's Pledge: To Rid Nation of Poverty
Photograph
Pak's Pledge: To Rid Nation of Poverty
South Korea - Democracy on Trial
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (15.9 × 23.2 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0073
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Korea) 10/61 5) PAK'S PLEDGE: TO RID NATION OF POVERTY. In the first \ flush of victory after the May 16th coup d'etat [underlined], the military junta \ symbolically razed slum barracks such as these in Seoul, placed \ destitute in tent camps. One of their main problems will be to \ provide jobs for the almost 3 million unemployed. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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