Indeed, as a pillar of export-oriented modernity, Park Chung-hee was once lionized as the archetype of a modernizing political leadership in military-authoritarian states. At home, he still ranks first in popularity among the country’s heads of state, kindling nostalgia like a popular old record – a corollary to people’s frustration and anger at the current government of President Lee Myung-bak.
事实上，作为出口导向型现代化的中流砥柱，朴正熙一度被奉为军事独裁国家现代化政治领袖的典型。他在韩国国内的受欢迎的程度依然在国家首脑中名列前茅，就像流行老唱片那样点燃怀旧的火种——这也是人们对总统李明博领导的现任政府感到无奈和愤怒的必然结果。