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> . Yet S. Korea, another SE Asian country S. Korea is not a SE Asian country...

• sooheon 9y ago
  Well it is in the South East of Asia. Nation groupings aren't exactly scientific taxonomies. A better comparison: S. Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam all started with sub $200 GDP/capita in 1960. As of last year, S. Korea's has exploded to ~27k, while Thailand and others are below $6k.
  • awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
    > Well it is in the South East of Asia. No. It is in the NORTHEAST of asia. "In common usage, the term Northeast Asia typically refers to a region including China.[2][3] In this sense, the core countries constituting Northeast Asia are China, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Northeast_Asian_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Northeast_Asian_count... If you don't even know simple things like geography and locations of major nations, why are you even talking about economics? > Nation groupings aren't exactly scientific taxonomies. We aren't talking nation groupings. We are talking GEOGRAPHY. NORTH/SOUTH/EAST/WEST.
    • jsjohnst 9y ago
      If you are wondering why the downvotes, might check the rules on civil discourse here on HN.