In the article 'Culture Is Destiny' (Foreign Affairs, 73(2), 1994) Lee kuan Yew discusses ideas about Singapore and the importance of 'culture' to its people. Lee suggests the implementation of a Western styled democracy inapplicable to Asian societies due to cultural differen...

In Korea, we have been through tough political paths. We were conquered by the Japanese for thirty-six years, we had the Korean War in 1950, and we even experienced dictatorship for eleven years by President Park in 1970s and early 1980s. After all the chaotic political situations for more than fift...