South Korea's development was largely driven by postwar Japan's FDI. Japan was SK's largest trade partner well into the 1990s, and most chaebols started off as

South Korea's development was largely driven by postwar Japan's FDI. Japan was SK's largest trade partner well into the 1990s, and most chaebols started off as JVs or tech transfers with Japanese keiretsus. Same thing in Taiwan. Germany was post-Warsaw Pact Poland's "Japan".