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

How did a country with a dearth of natural resources, a sprawling population congested in a limited arable land transform itself to a modern industrial state wi