Korea, one of the original 'Tiger Economies', experiences a traumatic and largely unanticipated economic crisis in 1997-98 from which the country is still recov

"The economic growth of South Korea has been a remarkable success story. After the Korean War, the country was one of the poorest economies on the planet; by th

Very few developing countries have successfully industrialised. Many are under pressure from international organisations to achieve 'self-sustainable' industria

"South Korea has been held out as an economic miracle—as a country that successfully completed the transition from underdeveloped to developed country status�