South Korea: On the Edge?
Date Submitted: 03/01/2004 04:32:42
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 5 pages (1243 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 5 pages (1243 words)
A developing country is defined as a country whose average per capita GNP is a fraction of that in more industrialized countries (8). With an average per capita of $16000 (US dollars), South Korea fits into this category, but is very close to achieving the title of a developed country (6).
Korea won independence from Japan on August 15, 1945, after the end of World War II (4). The United States encouraged the south to start it's own independent government, and …
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