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Wait. Korea was just updated to a developed country last month ?!?! > South Korea’s rise to a middle power status comes without much historical baggage In ter
by alephnan 5y ago
Wait. Korea was just updated to a developed country last month ?!?!
> South Korea’s rise to a middle power status comes without much historical baggage
In terms of technological, industrial and infrastructural innovation, SK has less 'tech debt' than Japan and the US.
- usaar333 5y agoUpgraded by some specific UN agency. They don't have a monopoly on labeling countries developed and probably lag years behind