"Indeed, South Korea is the only country that successfully made its transition from a former colony to an advanced economy. One could say that Australia or Cana

"Indeed, South Korea is the only country that successfully made its transition from a former colony to an advanced economy. One could say that Australia or Canada, along with the United States, used to be a colony." One could say that Australia, the US, and Canada used to be colonies because they were colonies. Like what? Do you not know basic world history?