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Minjung is a Korean word that is difficult to properly translate into other languages in a way that retains its historical and cultural connotations. ''Minjung'' is a combination of the two hanja characters ''min'' and ''jung''. ''Min'' may be translated as "people" and ''jung'' as "the mass." Thus, ''minjung'' literally means "the mass of the people," or more simply "mass" or "the people." However, in the Korean political and cultural context, "mass" is not an adequate translation, and "the people" carries a Communist connotation that makes it dangerous in anti-Communist South Korea. Nonetheless, "the people" is close to what ''minjung'' seeks to convey, both sociologically and politically. For Koreans, ''minjung'' are those who are oppressed politically, exploited economically, marginalized sociologically, despised culturally, and condemned religiously. Thus, the notion of ''minjung'' came to identify and inform the struggle for democracy in South Korea. That is, the term ''minjung'' works as a kind of worldview that provides the categories in which social reality is organized and understood. One of the basic precepts of this worldview is that history should be understood from the point of view of the ''minjung'', or that the ''minjung'' are the subjects (and not victims) of history. The idea of Minjung can be trace back to the late Joseon dynasty's Silhak movement through the works of Jeong Yak-yong and Yi Hwang.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=u7-SCzkMZgAC&pg=PR15〕 ==Background== After the Korean War ended and South Korea ran its own government under their first president, Syngman Rhee, there were several military coups and forces involved in a reformation of the new government. Notably, there was President Pak Chung Hee (1961–1979) and President Chun Doohwan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minjung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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