There are few measures by which Korea is still an emerging country and by many other measures it's more developed than many other OECD countries. The status of

There are few measures by which Korea is still an emerging country and by many other measures it's more developed than many other OECD countries. The status of Korea 40 years ago doesn't change its current reality and how it compares to other countries today. Nor does its current GDP growth; we wouldn't suddenly stop calling Germany a highly developed country if it started posting the exact same growth numbers that Korea does.