“If a little more sweat from our generation means a brighter future for our descendants, we should give it willingly.” Yesterday marked 47 years since the passing of President Park Chung-hee. After the Korean War, much of the world had written Korea off as hopeless. But President Park broke the cycle of poverty and transformed the country into an economic powerhouse, making the “Miracle on the Han River” possible. The industrial foundation he built continues to benefit even the Korean leftists who denounce him today. For Koreans who lived through those years of poverty and hardship, his achievements will never be forgotten. The left may try to distort his legacy and erase him from history, but the tears of millions of Koreans who mourned his death tell a different story.