I did see he was extremely popular in the beginning but after a decade or so he started to fall off, the 1970s seemed to slowly but steadily degrade his standing.

I totally forgot about his daughter but I do vaguely remember that... Almost like the current President of the Philippians Marcos whose dad was that ruthless dictator decades ago...

Edit turns out Marcos and the South Korean martial law stuff overlap quite a bit as he ruled the Philippians from 1972 to 1981 under martial law and was President of the Philippians from 1965 to 1986

Cje95

Politics_And_Law

Quick Dive into South Korean History & Why The Presidents Move Opened Old Wounds

Not my area of expertise, but seems mostly accurate.

> While President Park was an awful dictator

Maybe a small comment regarding this. He was a dictator, indeed, but he was also quite popular with quite some people. Not everyone thought he was awful. The economy grew a lot during his reign. Some people speculate his daughter [Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye) got elected because older people believed she would cause similar economic growth during her time in office. Well, we know this is not how things turned out, with her [impeachment in 2016](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye).