My brilliant Korea

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: April 16, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

In South Korea the cherry blossom is out, as if in preparation for the Queen's arrival next week. JOHN BELL finds a country in a jubilant mood

OF course you'll know about Korea. Take those cradle-to-grave industrial giants - the chae-bol, as Koreans call them: Hyundai, Sam- sung, Daewoo, with their factories and workers who would take a pay cut rather than a day off.

Add to this industrial image a sprinkle of a forgotten war which nearly 50 years ago bequeathed an armistice, not a peace, to this small peninsula and perhaps, with South Korea co-hosting the 2002 World Cup, a dash of football and ...

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