When Korea was liberated in 1945, Korea was left with few industries.
And the Korean War(1950-1953) demolished all Korea, and nothing left on the land.
From the ashes, Korea developed its own industries and became one of the most advanced countries in the world.
Japan left nothing on the Korean land and demolished all splendid Korean cultures and educational systems. But Korea overcame all such adversities with their own capabilities which came down from splendid Korea's 5,000 year history.
When Chosun Dynasty was forcibly annexed to Japan, most of resources like iron, coal, timber and even rice were exploited by Japan.
So people in Korea at that time had to endure hunger, and compulsory labor was widespread.
Their lives went down to poverty and Korean cultural assets were plundered by Japanese.
Before the forcible annexation, Chosun was famous for its high cultural and educational systems. But the annexation demolished all such splendid systems.
Japan better fix up their politics lest they want to end up in a situation where they need a bail out with their huge debt. Their current account surplus is going to go down. They are hollowing out due to high yen and stuck in a stagflation domestically. They keep deficit spending as if they are in fantasy land where money grows on trees with ineffective stimulus packages that add up to the debt of 200%+ of their GDP thats about $10T+.
Funny, nobody gives credit to access to US market and knowhow. It contributed to the development of both South Korea and Japan. Japan did give some aid however it is a relative small thing to the overall development of Korea. Japan itself was also a developing nation in the 60s. Just further up the development curve. Now both countries are relatively close in terms of where they are development. The ties break is the politics of the countries, Korea seems to be favored given what they did in 97.
@redwhitedude the real thing that activated the economy of Japan was the Korea war. Not was the direct help of US, with not so good results as in Japan the Korea/Taiwan economy was boosted by the Vietnam war. Japan already had corporations with industrial power like Mitsubishi to offer machinery to the US in Korea war. South Korea had not technology, in 1965 Samsung was still a woolen textile company just men went to Vietnam. For Both Japan and Korea the innovation came of its own effort
@AZURA888 I don't deny the korean war got the ball rolling. That was the spark but access to US market and knowhow helped it along once it got going. Korea just got off to a later start Japan in 1950 Korea in the 60s.
@redwhitedude External factors that boosted the Japanese Economy: Korean War - Access to US Market - US knowhow - US economic help. Internal Factors: low corruption at least till 1980, very high percentage of investment, politic stability.
In Korea: implementation of a state driven capitalist economy. Vietnam war, severe control of government over nascent companies and workers, public investment and active effort of the state for creating big conglomerates and protection of private chaebols
@Billyscccu It still better than most of latin america. In fact in may the best in latin america. They need to clean up the crime and corruption in that country.
@redwhitedude Well, you may be right. I haven't visited any other latin american country (I'm from Mexico but I've visited USA, Canada and Europe). The main problem here is corruption and obsolete institutions, definitely. That's the root of all evil in Mexico: corruption and obsolete institutions.
Doesn't matter both north and south were ravaged by war. North built its industries with Russian and Chinese aid. While south built with US and Japanese aid. Whatever japan did was mostly undone by the war. It did give north korea an initial advantage. A lot of this westernizing was due to politics. Japan took advantage of the overthrown of the tokugawa to westernize. Joseon the political system was evolutionary lasted 500 years was unable to make the necessary radical changes.
@0920fall The funny thing was the weapons factory that the us was bombing in WWII were not being used to supply the US forces in Korea. The 180 degree turn on US policy on Japan between 1945 and 1950.
@0920fall You know I notice a lot of pointless arguments on youtube on who contributed what and who should get credit. Just accept as it played itself out like that. Just take the point of view of adding bits of info to correct inaccuracies
lol this miracle of han river thingy makes me laugh! What country wouldnt become rich if they were aided $80 Million dollars? Even Libya will become rich!!
@iloveinazumaeleven A large amount of aid has been poured into the developing world but none of them has actually 'economically' developed as yet as Korea has. Following the Korean War, Korea was poorer than two thrids of sub-Saharan Africa. What happend to those countries then? Don't you think they should've been developed by now providing that they've recieved an enormous amount of aid too? It's not as simple as that, don't rush to judgement without taking into account many other factors.
@iloveinazumaeleven Aid does not necessarily mean the development of the country is given. If you give aid but the politics of the country is messed up it will squander all the aid.
Where is a credit to Land of Rising Sun, Japan, who was the sponsor of this MIRACLE? It was done by Japan money. Why do you hide the most important fact in history?
@jexicon I don't know about Taiwan but South Korea had to go through destructive war which demolished a lot of stuff that was built in the Colonial period. Also Korea after 1945 did not have a skilled labor force so there is no carry over from the Colonial period. Just look at the clips on BBC-PBS documentary People's century -Asia Rising on south Korea.
@jexicon Nope it's the other way around. Korea helped Japan along in its early days that is within the first millenia AD.
It was demolished but there were no skilled labor force to rebuild and move the country forward. Japanese left Korea with no skilled labor so if you think that Japan needs to be thanked I don't think so. They should have left us skilled labor but they discriminated and deliberate avoided bringing Koreans as skilled labor.
@NoNoSpice Japan left Korea with no skilled labor force. They dispossessed a lot of Koreans to give land to Japanese settlers. Also There was a Korean War which destroyed a lot of what was built in that colonial period plus the country was divided depriving the south of all the industries that the japanese had built in the north.
"horrendous actions by the Japanese" WTF? How the hell can you say that? Dont think Japan was the same as Nazis, idiot. Did Japan kill 10 million Asians, like Nazis did to Jewish? NO. Japan modernized Korea, just like Japan modernized Taiwan. Why do Koreans say Japanese were evil, when Taiwan says Japan was so nice, huh? Japan freed Asia from the 300 years of painful European control. How could you say this is "horrendous" idiot. Europeans are horrendous, using humans as slaves. Did Japan? NO.
Thousands of Koreans slaughtered for their Christian beliefs
Hundreds of thousands of Koreans conscripted into the Japanese Forces and countless thousands more taken as labours and comfort women to die in foreign lands at the hands of the Japanese
The theory, "The Greater Asian Co-prosperity sphere" basically involved kicking out the Europeans to replace them as oppressors and murderers to pillage resources for Japan
In 1942, your people CONTINUED killing millions in the name of your Emperor in a war they started against a power they knew they couldn't win against. Japan deserved everything they got because of its sheer stupidity
Japan modernized Korea only so that they could exploit our labour for Japan. The 1950 War all but destroyed all of the Japanese built infrastructure.
Now though, I do feel sorry for the Japanese people.
Your country and people have been forcibly castrated by the Americans and now your country is a mess both politically and economically. Japan killed millions of Chinese, now the Chinese have the capability to turn 150 million Japanese into dust through convectional and unconventional warfare. North Korea has the capability to turn Tokyo into a flaming wreck, do you see the irony here?
South Korea, the closest thing you Japanese have for an ally in Asia, (do you see the irony again?) can barely stand dealing with Japan. On one hand you propose military co-operation and economic integration but on the other hand you Japanese claim ignorance to their oppression of Koreans and scream at us over Dokdo.
Utter bullshit and good riddance to you Japanese.
@johnlewisy Oh no... At this level there's no point discussing with you. You are so biased and you are completely brainwashed. I feel sorry you don't know the true history.
Oh, I don't think I'm biased, just brutally honest! As for brainwashed, you should take a good look in your mirror.
According to your true history, WW2 was a happy happy time when the glorious Japanese forces "peacefully" and "respectfully" liberated millions of asians. They had no idea how many of those liberated asians were found dead in ditches later!
The person who I despise the most are ones who reject all wrongdoing and history itself to foster more hate and show the desire to repeat past mistakes.
I may indeed be biased to a minor degree because I am of Korean ethnicity but please be aware I am much more tolerant and more reliant on facts than most Koreans will be as a citizen of a multicultural nation.
If Japanese people in this modern world still hold even a bit of your mentality, I wouldn't wait for any co-operation or help from neighboring nations.
You have a serious problem that you should urgently and immediately seek help for.
You on the other hand are an internet Hitler. You're probably a Japanese ultra nationalist or a nationalist at the very least. You look at Koreans and other Asians if they're animals inferior to Japanese and your head is in the past. Haven't you heard of something called "Facts on the Ground?". Here is the reality, Japan is in a stage of decline right now due to its decreasing economic competitiveness and demographic problems.
Japan aided 80 million dollars in 1959. The Korean government's budget in 1959 was 25 mill. So Japan aided *3 the Korean governments budget. This helped Korea a loooot to develop.
@iloveinazumaeleven 80 million was NOT an aid, you LIAR, it was a small compensation of your fucked up country Japan for KILLING AND RAPING AND STEALING THROUGH ILLEGAL ANNEXATION.
Well idiot, do you really think Japan could have recovered by itself after WW2? Two cities nuked, other cities devastated, millions of Japanese "settlers" deported from other nations and no funds or tangible resources to fund reconstruction. IDIOT
@johnlewisy In 1965 at the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, Japan gave $800 million to Korea. btw, US didnt aid Japan $800 million, not that much. US didnt even aid Japan $50 million. Besides, every year Japan gave huge ODA to Korea. Why is this ignored?
Are you really so ignorant about this? America spent billions buying supplies in Japan for the Korean War and to a small extent, the Vietnam War. Without those billions, Japan would have NOT had the capital to rebuild their heavy industries which provided income that could be used to expand their industries and rebuild infrastructure. Only idiots like you think that Japan could have got out of their hell hole by themselves.
Economic help doesn't matter if there is not the ambition, just see arab nations with a lot of money from oil and they has not the interest to expand their economy beyond oil because oil let a nation to hide corruption. When private capitalism goes tied with a imperialist government + time you get a power nation, a Japan, a Israel, a Taiwan, a SK and so is doing China and Rusia.
Do you know from where Korea got money of reconstruction? It was from Japan, US, and other European countries. Hangan's miracle had the supporters in the world. It was not done by Korean budget. To know this is very important for Koreans.
The incredible of South Korea is that people that lived the miracle of being one of the poorest nations in the world until to be the 13º power of this world, is still alive. For me is amazing how EEUU 300 years ago didn't exist and at the begining was poorer than China, and now EEUU is the first power.
I mean, there is not small countries, rather small minds. Any of the poor places of today could be the richest in the future.
We had nothing, absolutely nothing therefore whatever we did, we could make something That surprised the whole world And gave us the sudden surre of joy and pride all these made us aim higher This time we will make it again because we are korea
Korea is a very small country which had Japanese industrialize it during the colonization and the Americans continued the process of developing South Korea through extensive aid.It would have taken much longer without Japan, or America, and the presence of a communist neighbor. North Korea is the major reason why South Korea received major assistance from America.
No, thank you I understand. Play Age of Empires you will have an idea what means to rise a country. I think the maniac of the north doesn't know who is bothering. South Korea could seems pacifist but is of wise to be patient. SK have been accumulating such economical and tecnological power since 50 years ago than actually is 31 times bigger than the resourses of NK.
Africa can does it too. Diseases, bad weather etc... you can have everything against you but if you don't retreat and maintain firm in your objectives the growing would come. South Korea is a developmental state, they achieved their growing paying low salaries to their workers and had blood, but if you want to save, you have to do that. There is only 1 example of developmental state in Africa, is Botswana, with HIV in 48% of their population!! they are on 15K richer than Argentina, is amazing.
Could somebody please to translate in english what is saying the korean guy?. And of course we in my country Venezuela should to import South Koreans politics who help us.
Let's not be too hard on Africa. They don't have confucianism. They have a lot a diseases from there being jungles, they didn't have even a bronze age civilizations before the Europeans came to colonize them.
I wonder why korea was able to become an economic power so quickly after the devastation of the Korean war and the Japanese occupation in WWII but most countries in Africa fail even half a century after colonialism ended??
Korea is a very small country which had Japanese industrialize it during the colonization and the Americans continued the process of developing South Korea through extensive aid.It would have taken much longer without Japan, or America, and the presence of a communist neighbor. North Korea is the major reason why South Korea received major assistance from America. Main reasons Japan and America.
Gentle Sage-K got mugged by a bunch of shorty JP-gansters, sure it can happen, Korean brush off as a dirty day , Imp-Jap never built anything that is good for Corea industry, Jobs were strictly controlled, industrial skill works were non existent for Corean, except in Japan, Japs' Complete ransack of live stocks, natural resources, Korea had to struggle for 30 Yrs post WWll with nothing, just to kick in industrialization, After mere 30+ yrs, We are richest, healthiest economy in d World
@fivejaws Do you know that JAPAN AIDED 80 MILLION US Dollars (Which was twice the Korea's government budget) to Korea in 1959 to support Korea's economic development?
Well the Japanese has invaded Korea throughout hundreds of years killing countless Koreans. In 1910, Japan annexed a sovereign nation and attempted to wipe out their culture. During WW2, hundreds of thousands of Koreans were conscripted when it wasn't their war and farmers lost their entire harvests to greedy Japanese soldiers.
Now in the modern world, Japan is declining while China and Korea are prospering. Financial compensation is not enough. Japan must act quickly
Without the Korean War, they never would have jump started their industrial development.
I am really shocked at the ignorance and pride some Japanese show regarding their horrendous actions up to WW2. iloveinazumaeleven clearly being one of them.
Only a true idiot can spout anti-Korean crap on a video showing the economic recovery of South Korea
@iloveinazumaeleven It invaded and occupied Korea for 35 years, during which it exploited the people and natural resources. Given that, 80M USD doesn't seem much, regardless of the size of Korean budget at that time. Furthermore, Japan was able to jump start its economy by taking advantage of the Korean War. Plus, look at African countries. No matter how much aid you give them, many of them are not making progress. Korea stood up from the ruins and become one of the world's wealthiest nations.
One thing, though, is that a great majority of the infrastructure was built in present day North Korea, the area that is now South Korea was left largely underdeveloped, and left for agriculture. Also, much of the little actually made in the are was destroyed during the Korean War. Last thing, before being annexed, Korea was already introducing electricity, telephones and the like. Without Japan, Korea might actually be better off.
@redwhitedude True. But I remember reading somewhere that Joseon, and especially Seoul, was developing at one of the fastest rates at the time. Only problem was that Japan started about half a century before, also at a fast rate. And, to the others on here, I will repeat, most, or all, of the industrializing of Korea done by Japan was in today North Korea, while the south was largely agriculture. Basically, in the long run, Japan helped north Korea more than South Korea during its occupation.
and because of Korea war,
You Japs could rise from the ruins of WW2
If theres no Korea war you Japs won't make anything and would still stay in the 3rd world.
bodingoji 1 week ago
You Japs are just fucking asshole
Jap supported Korea to become rich?
how about the natural resources you japs stole from Korea during the colonization??
Japs are always like this... hide their weakness and insist their strength
and they even tweak the truth!!
bodingoji 1 week ago
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inferior jap monkey always stalking korea-_-;; troublesome
jap=disabled monkey
rindegart 1 week ago
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When Korea was liberated in 1945, Korea was left with few industries.
And the Korean War(1950-1953) demolished all Korea, and nothing left on the land.
From the ashes, Korea developed its own industries and became one of the most advanced countries in the world.
Japan left nothing on the Korean land and demolished all splendid Korean cultures and educational systems. But Korea overcame all such adversities with their own capabilities which came down from splendid Korea's 5,000 year history.
nakamurajapan1 1 week ago
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When Chosun Dynasty was forcibly annexed to Japan, most of resources like iron, coal, timber and even rice were exploited by Japan.
So people in Korea at that time had to endure hunger, and compulsory labor was widespread.
Their lives went down to poverty and Korean cultural assets were plundered by Japanese.
Before the forcible annexation, Chosun was famous for its high cultural and educational systems. But the annexation demolished all such splendid systems.
So, Koreans became poor.
nakamurajapan1 1 week ago
Japan better fix up their politics lest they want to end up in a situation where they need a bail out with their huge debt. Their current account surplus is going to go down. They are hollowing out due to high yen and stuck in a stagflation domestically. They keep deficit spending as if they are in fantasy land where money grows on trees with ineffective stimulus packages that add up to the debt of 200%+ of their GDP thats about $10T+.
redwhitedude 1 month ago
Funny, nobody gives credit to access to US market and knowhow. It contributed to the development of both South Korea and Japan. Japan did give some aid however it is a relative small thing to the overall development of Korea. Japan itself was also a developing nation in the 60s. Just further up the development curve. Now both countries are relatively close in terms of where they are development. The ties break is the politics of the countries, Korea seems to be favored given what they did in 97.
redwhitedude 1 month ago
@redwhitedude the real thing that activated the economy of Japan was the Korea war. Not was the direct help of US, with not so good results as in Japan the Korea/Taiwan economy was boosted by the Vietnam war. Japan already had corporations with industrial power like Mitsubishi to offer machinery to the US in Korea war. South Korea had not technology, in 1965 Samsung was still a woolen textile company just men went to Vietnam. For Both Japan and Korea the innovation came of its own effort
AZURA888 3 weeks ago
@AZURA888 I don't deny the korean war got the ball rolling. That was the spark but access to US market and knowhow helped it along once it got going. Korea just got off to a later start Japan in 1950 Korea in the 60s.
redwhitedude 3 weeks ago
@redwhitedude External factors that boosted the Japanese Economy: Korean War - Access to US Market - US knowhow - US economic help. Internal Factors: low corruption at least till 1980, very high percentage of investment, politic stability.
In Korea: implementation of a state driven capitalist economy. Vietnam war, severe control of government over nascent companies and workers, public investment and active effort of the state for creating big conglomerates and protection of private chaebols
AZURA888 3 weeks ago
Damn, I wish Mexico could do this. We had the chance after WWII, but politicians of that time, ruined everything.
Billyscccu 1 month ago
@Billyscccu It still better than most of latin america. In fact in may the best in latin america. They need to clean up the crime and corruption in that country.
redwhitedude 1 month ago
@redwhitedude Well, you may be right. I haven't visited any other latin american country (I'm from Mexico but I've visited USA, Canada and Europe). The main problem here is corruption and obsolete institutions, definitely. That's the root of all evil in Mexico: corruption and obsolete institutions.
Billyscccu 1 month ago
Doesn't matter both north and south were ravaged by war. North built its industries with Russian and Chinese aid. While south built with US and Japanese aid. Whatever japan did was mostly undone by the war. It did give north korea an initial advantage. A lot of this westernizing was due to politics. Japan took advantage of the overthrown of the tokugawa to westernize. Joseon the political system was evolutionary lasted 500 years was unable to make the necessary radical changes.
redwhitedude 2 months ago
Japan sold uncountable many weapons to Korea when the Korean War occurred. This is WHY Japan became wealthy country in Asia after World War 2.
Modern Japan is made of many Korean's bloods and sacrifices.
0920fall 5 months ago
@0920fall The funny thing was the weapons factory that the us was bombing in WWII were not being used to supply the US forces in Korea. The 180 degree turn on US policy on Japan between 1945 and 1950.
redwhitedude 2 months ago
@0920fall You know I notice a lot of pointless arguments on youtube on who contributed what and who should get credit. Just accept as it played itself out like that. Just take the point of view of adding bits of info to correct inaccuracies
redwhitedude 2 months ago
아~ 눈물난다 ㅠㅠ
아래 쪽바리들 니들이 한국전쟁덕에 부활한건 알고나 있냐?
kwonneon 5 months ago
lol this miracle of han river thingy makes me laugh! What country wouldnt become rich if they were aided $80 Million dollars? Even Libya will become rich!!
iloveinazumaeleven 5 months ago
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kellychoi86 2 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven A large amount of aid has been poured into the developing world but none of them has actually 'economically' developed as yet as Korea has. Following the Korean War, Korea was poorer than two thrids of sub-Saharan Africa. What happend to those countries then? Don't you think they should've been developed by now providing that they've recieved an enormous amount of aid too? It's not as simple as that, don't rush to judgement without taking into account many other factors.
kellychoi86 2 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven Aid does not necessarily mean the development of the country is given. If you give aid but the politics of the country is messed up it will squander all the aid.
redwhitedude 2 months ago
Where is a credit to Land of Rising Sun, Japan, who was the sponsor of this MIRACLE? It was done by Japan money. Why do you hide the most important fact in history?
NoNoSpice 6 months ago
@NoNoSpice :) :) :)
modern south korea and taiwan "MADE IN JAPAN."
the sad but factual truth.
jexicon 5 months ago
@jexicon I don't know about Taiwan but South Korea had to go through destructive war which demolished a lot of stuff that was built in the Colonial period. Also Korea after 1945 did not have a skilled labor force so there is no carry over from the Colonial period. Just look at the clips on BBC-PBS documentary People's century -Asia Rising on south Korea.
redwhitedude 2 months ago
@redwhitedude
Everything that was demolished in South Korea was built by the Japanese.
South Korea is an extension of Japan.
jexicon 1 month ago
@jexicon Nope it's the other way around. Korea helped Japan along in its early days that is within the first millenia AD.
It was demolished but there were no skilled labor force to rebuild and move the country forward. Japanese left Korea with no skilled labor so if you think that Japan needs to be thanked I don't think so. They should have left us skilled labor but they discriminated and deliberate avoided bringing Koreans as skilled labor.
redwhitedude 1 month ago
@NoNoSpice Japan left Korea with no skilled labor force. They dispossessed a lot of Koreans to give land to Japanese settlers. Also There was a Korean War which destroyed a lot of what was built in that colonial period plus the country was divided depriving the south of all the industries that the japanese had built in the north.
redwhitedude 2 months ago
일어나라 대한민국!
feverpitchxx 6 months ago
azazaz720 = total liar japanese
Mayplestory1 7 months ago 2
"horrendous actions by the Japanese" WTF? How the hell can you say that? Dont think Japan was the same as Nazis, idiot. Did Japan kill 10 million Asians, like Nazis did to Jewish? NO. Japan modernized Korea, just like Japan modernized Taiwan. Why do Koreans say Japanese were evil, when Taiwan says Japan was so nice, huh? Japan freed Asia from the 300 years of painful European control. How could you say this is "horrendous" idiot. Europeans are horrendous, using humans as slaves. Did Japan? NO.
azazaz720 7 months ago
@azazaz720
The FACTS
Korea forcibly annexed in 1910
Thousands of Koreans slaughtered for their Christian beliefs
Hundreds of thousands of Koreans conscripted into the Japanese Forces and countless thousands more taken as labours and comfort women to die in foreign lands at the hands of the Japanese
The theory, "The Greater Asian Co-prosperity sphere" basically involved kicking out the Europeans to replace them as oppressors and murderers to pillage resources for Japan
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@azazaz720
Millions of Chinese massacred at the hands of the Japanese
The war in China involved brutal contests and executions involving swords and biological weapons
Gas was used in hundreds of cases by the Japanese against the Chinese
You Japanese better thank God that the Americans choose not to nuke more than two cities
johnlewisy 7 months ago
Yes Japan was the Asian Mirror of Germany
In 1942, your people CONTINUED killing millions in the name of your Emperor in a war they started against a power they knew they couldn't win against. Japan deserved everything they got because of its sheer stupidity
Japan modernized Korea only so that they could exploit our labour for Japan. The 1950 War all but destroyed all of the Japanese built infrastructure.
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@azazaz720
Now though, I do feel sorry for the Japanese people.
Your country and people have been forcibly castrated by the Americans and now your country is a mess both politically and economically. Japan killed millions of Chinese, now the Chinese have the capability to turn 150 million Japanese into dust through convectional and unconventional warfare. North Korea has the capability to turn Tokyo into a flaming wreck, do you see the irony here?
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@azazaz720
South Korea, the closest thing you Japanese have for an ally in Asia, (do you see the irony again?) can barely stand dealing with Japan. On one hand you propose military co-operation and economic integration but on the other hand you Japanese claim ignorance to their oppression of Koreans and scream at us over Dokdo.
Utter bullshit and good riddance to you Japanese.
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy Oh no... At this level there's no point discussing with you. You are so biased and you are completely brainwashed. I feel sorry you don't know the true history.
azazaz720 7 months ago
@azazaz720
LOL, I just recently finished a ISP on the Economic Rise and Decline of Japan, 97% asshole!
I think I know my shit on this man!
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@azazaz720
Oh, I don't think I'm biased, just brutally honest! As for brainwashed, you should take a good look in your mirror.
According to your true history, WW2 was a happy happy time when the glorious Japanese forces "peacefully" and "respectfully" liberated millions of asians. They had no idea how many of those liberated asians were found dead in ditches later!
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy hahaha brainwashed people
azazaz720 7 months ago
@azazaz720
The person who I despise the most are ones who reject all wrongdoing and history itself to foster more hate and show the desire to repeat past mistakes.
I may indeed be biased to a minor degree because I am of Korean ethnicity but please be aware I am much more tolerant and more reliant on facts than most Koreans will be as a citizen of a multicultural nation.
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy
If Japanese people in this modern world still hold even a bit of your mentality, I wouldn't wait for any co-operation or help from neighboring nations.
You have a serious problem that you should urgently and immediately seek help for.
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@azazaz720
You on the other hand are an internet Hitler. You're probably a Japanese ultra nationalist or a nationalist at the very least. You look at Koreans and other Asians if they're animals inferior to Japanese and your head is in the past. Haven't you heard of something called "Facts on the Ground?". Here is the reality, Japan is in a stage of decline right now due to its decreasing economic competitiveness and demographic problems.
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy OMG, just watch the video, stop trolling. I strongly think you should know the true history, not a distorted one.
azazaz720 7 months ago
@azazaz720
Very sad, the xenophobic ultra nationalist can't argue against the data. Run away little boy and stop crying!
I do like real history, I just don't like your version of it!
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy You just dont want to admit the true history. It's okay.
azazaz720 7 months ago
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johnlewisy 7 months ago
BTW, Japan received MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM USA AS AN AID. LOL
Mayplestory1 7 months ago
Japan aided 80 million dollars in 1959. The Korean government's budget in 1959 was 25 mill. So Japan aided *3 the Korean governments budget. This helped Korea a loooot to develop.
iloveinazumaeleven 7 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven 80 million was NOT an aid, you LIAR, it was a small compensation of your fucked up country Japan for KILLING AND RAPING AND STEALING THROUGH ILLEGAL ANNEXATION.
YOU STUPID LIAR, SHUT UP.
Mayplestory1 7 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven
Well idiot, do you really think Japan could have recovered by itself after WW2? Two cities nuked, other cities devastated, millions of Japanese "settlers" deported from other nations and no funds or tangible resources to fund reconstruction. IDIOT
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy In 1965 at the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, Japan gave $800 million to Korea. btw, US didnt aid Japan $800 million, not that much. US didnt even aid Japan $50 million. Besides, every year Japan gave huge ODA to Korea. Why is this ignored?
azazaz720 7 months ago
@azazaz720
Are you really so ignorant about this? America spent billions buying supplies in Japan for the Korean War and to a small extent, the Vietnam War. Without those billions, Japan would have NOT had the capital to rebuild their heavy industries which provided income that could be used to expand their industries and rebuild infrastructure. Only idiots like you think that Japan could have got out of their hell hole by themselves.
johnlewisy 7 months ago
Economic help doesn't matter if there is not the ambition, just see arab nations with a lot of money from oil and they has not the interest to expand their economy beyond oil because oil let a nation to hide corruption. When private capitalism goes tied with a imperialist government + time you get a power nation, a Japan, a Israel, a Taiwan, a SK and so is doing China and Rusia.
AZURA888 8 months ago
The miracle of economic freedom otherwise known as capitalism.
Esoparagon 10 months ago
지...지렸다
kok4753 10 months ago
Do you know from where Korea got money of reconstruction? It was from Japan, US, and other European countries. Hangan's miracle had the supporters in the world. It was not done by Korean budget. To know this is very important for Koreans.
NoNoSpice 10 months ago
@NoNoSpice Japanese? European? Give me the records. hahhaha Japanese economy was made by USA, thank your USA master!
TheHaraboji 8 months ago 2
This has got to be one of the best commercials I have ever seen. I'm not even Korean and it made me tear up.
tygerrawrs 11 months ago 2
Anyone know the exact version of Arirang that's being played in the background?
BREVIN117 11 months ago
The incredible of South Korea is that people that lived the miracle of being one of the poorest nations in the world until to be the 13º power of this world, is still alive. For me is amazing how EEUU 300 years ago didn't exist and at the begining was poorer than China, and now EEUU is the first power.
I mean, there is not small countries, rather small minds. Any of the poor places of today could be the richest in the future.
AZURA888 1 year ago
we are korean!
TheFreshmeat31 1 year ago 2
We had nothing, absolutely nothing therefore whatever we did, we could make something That surprised the whole world And gave us the sudden surre of joy and pride all these made us aim higher This time we will make it again because we are korea
song007123 1 year ago 2
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song007123 1 year ago
i'm american and proud that korean is our best friend....
nigagara2222 1 year ago
@Astro3100
Korea is a very small country which had Japanese industrialize it during the colonization and the Americans continued the process of developing South Korea through extensive aid.It would have taken much longer without Japan, or America, and the presence of a communist neighbor. North Korea is the major reason why South Korea received major assistance from America.
jexicon 1 year ago
No, thank you I understand. Play Age of Empires you will have an idea what means to rise a country. I think the maniac of the north doesn't know who is bothering. South Korea could seems pacifist but is of wise to be patient. SK have been accumulating such economical and tecnological power since 50 years ago than actually is 31 times bigger than the resourses of NK.
AZURA888 1 year ago
wonderful but fragile, considering it has a maniac northern borther.
wintercocooo 1 year ago
Africa can does it too. Diseases, bad weather etc... you can have everything against you but if you don't retreat and maintain firm in your objectives the growing would come. South Korea is a developmental state, they achieved their growing paying low salaries to their workers and had blood, but if you want to save, you have to do that. There is only 1 example of developmental state in Africa, is Botswana, with HIV in 48% of their population!! they are on 15K richer than Argentina, is amazing.
AZURA888 1 year ago
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AZURA888 1 year ago
Could somebody please to translate in english what is saying the korean guy?. And of course we in my country Venezuela should to import South Koreans politics who help us.
AZURA888 1 year ago
it's pretty amazing that Korea could be the top 12 advanced and richest country in the world in only 50 years...
imxpnsv 1 year ago 14
Sarah,
Let's not be too hard on Africa. They don't have confucianism. They have a lot a diseases from there being jungles, they didn't have even a bronze age civilizations before the Europeans came to colonize them.
wangkon936 1 year ago 2
I wonder why korea was able to become an economic power so quickly after the devastation of the Korean war and the Japanese occupation in WWII but most countries in Africa fail even half a century after colonialism ended??
SarahLee1 1 year ago
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@SarahLee1
Korea is a very small country which had Japanese industrialize it during the colonization and the Americans continued the process of developing South Korea through extensive aid.It would have taken much longer without Japan, or America, and the presence of a communist neighbor. North Korea is the major reason why South Korea received major assistance from America. Main reasons Japan and America.
jexicon 1 year ago
hhaha i wana be a korean too.. =)
piatan13 2 years ago 3
Gentle Sage-K got mugged by a bunch of shorty JP-gansters, sure it can happen, Korean brush off as a dirty day , Imp-Jap never built anything that is good for Corea industry, Jobs were strictly controlled, industrial skill works were non existent for Corean, except in Japan, Japs' Complete ransack of live stocks, natural resources, Korea had to struggle for 30 Yrs post WWll with nothing, just to kick in industrialization, After mere 30+ yrs, We are richest, healthiest economy in d World
coracoraitjp 2 years ago
Ah~ proud to be Korean :)
fivejaws 2 years ago 26
@fivejaws Do you know that JAPAN AIDED 80 MILLION US Dollars (Which was twice the Korea's government budget) to Korea in 1959 to support Korea's economic development?
iloveinazumaeleven 7 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven
Well the Japanese has invaded Korea throughout hundreds of years killing countless Koreans. In 1910, Japan annexed a sovereign nation and attempted to wipe out their culture. During WW2, hundreds of thousands of Koreans were conscripted when it wasn't their war and farmers lost their entire harvests to greedy Japanese soldiers.
Now in the modern world, Japan is declining while China and Korea are prospering. Financial compensation is not enough. Japan must act quickly
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@johnlewisy Japan received huge financial AID from USA and took advantage of Korean War.
With that money, they compensated Korea, not aided. Do not communicate with this Japanese liar, "iloveinazumaeleven"
Mayplestory1 7 months ago
@Mayplestory1
Without the Korean War, they never would have jump started their industrial development.
I am really shocked at the ignorance and pride some Japanese show regarding their horrendous actions up to WW2. iloveinazumaeleven clearly being one of them.
Only a true idiot can spout anti-Korean crap on a video showing the economic recovery of South Korea
johnlewisy 7 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven It invaded and occupied Korea for 35 years, during which it exploited the people and natural resources. Given that, 80M USD doesn't seem much, regardless of the size of Korean budget at that time. Furthermore, Japan was able to jump start its economy by taking advantage of the Korean War. Plus, look at African countries. No matter how much aid you give them, many of them are not making progress. Korea stood up from the ruins and become one of the world's wealthiest nations.
fivejaws 7 months ago
@fivejaws Korea was able to be rich because Japan built the basic infrastructures in Korea during the annexation.
iloveinazumaeleven 6 months ago
@iloveinazumaeleven
One thing, though, is that a great majority of the infrastructure was built in present day North Korea, the area that is now South Korea was left largely underdeveloped, and left for agriculture. Also, much of the little actually made in the are was destroyed during the Korean War. Last thing, before being annexed, Korea was already introducing electricity, telephones and the like. Without Japan, Korea might actually be better off.
ThePhilipkwon 6 months ago
@ThePhilipkwon True. Westernization was an established trend unfortunately Japan was faster at it than Korea.
redwhitedude 2 months ago
@redwhitedude True. But I remember reading somewhere that Joseon, and especially Seoul, was developing at one of the fastest rates at the time. Only problem was that Japan started about half a century before, also at a fast rate. And, to the others on here, I will repeat, most, or all, of the industrializing of Korea done by Japan was in today North Korea, while the south was largely agriculture. Basically, in the long run, Japan helped north Korea more than South Korea during its occupation.
ThePhilipkwon 2 months ago