Secrets behind Korea`s Economic Success (English) 

"Korean parents still send their children to school even as they starve" That said it all

Korean people deserve the success and prosperity they have been working so hard for decades.

we love south koreans in México! they work hard and create jobs and are very honest. They are welcome here as far as I am concerned. They are a great example on how to get out of poverty. Much respect!

South Korea is growing every second of the day..my visit there in 2016 shows that SK is the cleanest country now in the world..loving people..learning everyday from foreigners..LOVE YOU SOUTH KOREA..WILL BE BACK SOON!!!!

Korea deserves my full respect. A third world country that rose to become one of the most powerful nations in the world. Despite being used and stepped on, Korea did it! I wish more countries can rise as Korea did :/ but sadly it's not the case

Can't watch it without tears as a Korean...

From egypt to korea..i love u..not only are u developed but warm and humanitic

God bless Korea! They created their own success! All Koreans should be proud! We all can learn from Korea!

It's amazing how Korea went against probabilities and they succeeded. Infinite admiration for South Korea!!!

I am not Korean, but S. Korea amazes me in a lot of ways. The country and its people serves a role model to the rest of the world.

Truly shows older korean generation sacrificed for the next generation. I love how both, people in government did not cheat and run away with money also ordinary citizens helping and working hard for the sake of their country. Just love it and admire

As a uni student studying in the International Relations major... Korea gives me motivation to learn more and fight for everything... A country where people have the strength to climb out of the depths of despair and emerge victorious at such a fast rate. The world has so much to learn from you. Thank you for giving back and showing the world anything is possible. May you all rejoice your beautiful country and continue to persevere through all challenges that come your way. Lots of love from abroad. 화이팅!

thank you korea! I lived there in the late 90s and taught english :) i was lucky to teach english in Samsung Headquarters in downtown Seoul. I got to visit their Houses of Tomorrow exhibit downstairs and it featured technology that we still haven't achieved here yet. They also had mp3 players at least 2 years before we got the iPod :) i loved my time in korea and the people were amazing and wonderful. the food was top notch too :) mmmmmm mashisoyo! i wish i had known more about the history of korea before i went to teach it would've given me such a great understanding of the people. thank you for this video it explained a lot of what i never knew. :)

I'm not Korean, but thinking about all the efforts of individual people through times of despair, it couldn't help but to bring me to tears. That is incredible.

I love you Korea!!!Your hard work and Importance to education has finally paid off .The only way to alleviate poverty can done only through Education and you Koreans proved this narrative to the entire world by taking your country to the next level within a very short time..All the best Korea!!!

Korea one of the most impressive countries on the world they stared from the bottom and now they are here

Philippines should learn from this. Not just the government but all of its people. it’s all about dedication, trust and discipline.

I am so happy for you my Korean brothers and sisters. You showed the world roses can rise from dumpsters. I feel so close to your struggle and pain. Thanks to your hardworking people, now it is your time to shine and I wouldnt be more happy to witness it. -much love and respect from Turkey

Great documentary. I love international, economic, and historical documentaries. The will of the Korean people is strong. If the two Koreas unified, they'd be a superpower. Raw materials and manpower plus a thriving capital system with great management would have enormous potential.

Such a great nation! Respect from India! :)

I am from Ethiopia and this documentary inspires me because we are experiencing economic growth and one day will be among one of the strongest economies in the world.

The secret to Korea's success is simple. It's hard work and lots of sacrifice of the people who desired to become a strong a wealthy nation. And the leadership though corrupt, had reasonable enough vision and will to move the country forward. That's it. Pure and simple.

Love Korea from Japan 🇯🇵🇰🇷

I love Korea...God bless Korea!

I don't have words to say South Korea is marvelous Asian people are very hardworking, hope my country fellows see this video and learn their economic model, India got independence 63 years ago and still it is underdeveloped with rampant poverty and unemployment.

Koreans know who they are and they love their identity. They even managed to fend for themselves for thousands of years with doors being shut to the outside world. Much longer than the Tokugawa of Japan. No wonder why they built their country stronger in a shorter span of time.

thank you so much for all your contribution to my country. Without your help, I wouldn't be living in a country of freedom. I was born in 1987 and to be honest, I'm not familiar with what this country went through back in the days but this helped me a lot to learn more.

Respect for South Korea !!!!

President Lee Myung Bak states in his biography: "at the root of every success lie extreme perseverance and uncompromising principles.... All we had back then were a desperate yearning to live a better life and a fierce sense of urgency". The South Korean people have demonstrated awe-inspiring discipline, the will to sacrifice for the sake of national prosperity, and the sheer determination to achieve success. Their success nowadays is the reflection of these praiseworthy qualities that I am cultivating for my own personal development.

Such an amazing story from nothing to everything, I really appreciate the way Korean people did for their development, I hope all the underdeveloped countries can learn from Korea. Love you Korea. Respect from Pakistan.

Dang, Korea is on a whole other level . This story is golden to Korea's history and I hope Korea continues to strive for its prosperity. The world should hear about this more! message from a fellow algerian

respect from morocco, i wish our country would learn from your experience

제가 애국심을가지고있는이유는 제가 사랑하는사람이 한국에가장많고 또그 사랑하는사람들의 소중한사람들이 주로한국인이기때문입니다. 우리모두 모국(가족)의 행복을바라는것이 애국심임을 잊지맙시다.

I'm from North East India, I love Koreans, their movies and lifestyles. Here what I feel is that India one of the discriminated nation between races, caste and diversity. Though India is developing but inequality, rich is going richer but Poors are dying in unemployment. Northeast India seems alike, least industrial developed region of India. I learned here that education is the tool for development, hope one day we would able to rise like Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Korea.

I think Korea is a great beautiful country. I wish them to relax a little bit. All this quick development has caused them to also have the highest rate of suicide in the world. It breaks my heart. Sometimes financial progress is not what a nation needs or what its people need.

it's mostly from education and the heart of the people

my country Nepal needs to learn many things from Korea we were never colonized n here we r as one of the least developed developed country

Koreans is one of the hard-working people in the world.

Education is everything .Goodluck from india

Bravo! Excellent! We were not aware of how flexible and forward thinking Korea was and how it definitely earned everything it has today. These people are admired the world around! Best of luck

respect.. and..respect for old korean

Korea is one of the best if not the best nation for developing economy and gov’s foresight, even in this covid-19 scenario they still doing well, certainly can see the spirit of this respectful country, my very best wishes to your country from China, wish East Asia can be unified

as a Korean and i am 37. our secret is 3 thing. 1.no dictator- this is most important thing. we were poorer than African countries 60 years ago. and for 70 years we had 3 dictators but we expelled them by pro democracy movement and our blood we fought for freedom. the countries that has dictator will definitely be poor. we are democracy we always select our leader(president) by our hand and we know we are the owner of this countries we have right to chooae our leader. 2.working hard. this is basic 3. free of religion-i know most countries have religious problem but our government learned from American government everything like politics administrations. so we selected religion free like America.

Great nation and wonderful documentary, thanks!!

"Without adventure there could be no growth" so true and wise, on so many levels!

God bless South Korea:)

Result of self belief and hard work. Best regards from Nepal

Its disheartening to realized that Philippines back in the 60's right at the time when Korea started its economic reform is miles away, more improved in terms of economic prowess - even far advanced than singapore. Although Marcos era was pretty much an authoritatian and dictatorian governmen, we can't discount that fact that its economic power and capability is huge. It provided a really strong backbone for the Philippine nation to thrive as a developing nation. It was a nation who have sustained its economic prowess could supposedly become a strong economic powerhouse in south east asia. Then Edsa revolution comes in and the next government after that brought the philippines economic capabilty spiraling down. While Korea are developing its steel industry, Aquino government in the philippines on the other hand were busy enacting its vendetta by going against the project the marcos regime have started. The bataan nuclear power plant which supposedly going to provide a boost on electrical power grid of the country and the steel industry that was given less support which supposedly going to provide the building blocks of industry in this country while giving back control to oligarch family the water, electrical, and media to the control of few people. Instead of supporting established businesses at that time and allowed them to continue most businesses who flourished during the marcos regime were crackdown as a result those businesses went bankrupt and forced to shut down and flee. 1987 institution discourages 100% foreign business ownership as a result it discourages foreign investors and oligarchy and monopoly of industries in the philippines became prevalant as less and less competition. For decades, there is a duopoly of telecommunication industry as a result telecommunication infrastructure is inadequate, service is not good, and internet speed is slow in comparison to south korea and other nation, not until the recent political will of the president duterte came in the 3rd telco. Aquino and Ramos Government was i believe the cause of its downturn. Erap government was just a blimp and a joke. I guess the good thing happened to that era was it being a short lived power giving and pave the way of the Arroyo government. Arroyo government did something we can really be thankful for as why Philippines started to be back on track in its economic development. Although, her vat policy was controversial it was a bitter pill she has to swallow or the country has to swallow along with other economic reforms she had to implement as not only it shielded the country during the 2008 economic crash but it pave the way for industries to develop and continue a rising trend of economic growth later on PNoy was so proud about but he did not actually do anything. It was arroyo who laid the groundwork and in a way it was his administration who reap what arroyo government had sow. Under the Pduterte admin, his build build build program will again propel the nation for economic boom as infrastructure is needed to further allow the nation to be great again - but despite of strong political will and achievements the people who supported behing aquino, ramos, and pnoy are still trying to discredit of what the current president have done and a lot of ridiculous issues despite of the good thing it has done. Issues that is very petty from the presidents blabber mouth to incompetence of its subordinates as if those other people are not incompetent themselves. If not because of covid, the current administration may have able to accomplish so much more than i can say about aquino, ramos, and pnoy combined. The economic growth of the nation is dependent on the character of the people it govern with. This really do hold true down to this day. If only the people voted for the right person to lead the nation and chooses smartly to put politician in key position this nation have all the ability and capability to build a much better economy like south korea.

What a wonderful story of success and community coming together. God bless south Korea. Great video too. Thanks.

It's such an eye opening story of success not only for the whole world but also for the personal growth .

Thank you for such an informational video.

Really great video. Im glad I watched this. Hopefully someday I can go and see Korea in all its glory someday.

Awesome documentary. Respect earned.

Now i understand why koreans are so humble and caring i think they are one of the most likeable people. They literally went through hell. Through all generations even young 20-30year olds of today know how hard they had to work to put food on the table. And how hard their parents worked to educate them. Damn, im impressed. They're honest super hard working. Literally living day to day heroes.

Fabulous words of wisdom thanks for posting. Have a great time towards your future growth

African countries should watch this education is only way.

Hard work really pays off! very inspiring!

우리는 지금도 성장하고 있고 앞으로도 성장해 갈것입니다. 홍익인간의 정신으로 모든사람들이 행복한생활을 할수있게 노력할것입니다.

I love korea

Amazing KOREA ! Respect from China :)

Help from other nations, good bets that payed off, luck, and most of all, hard work. Happy that my country, Colombia helped a bit. Hope Korea keeps growing.

The reason of succesive korea economic is sacrifice, challenge, vision. now korean high school student study untill 10pm. becuz education of korea is so spartan!!

This documentry is a fireball of motivation. Even the music is so motivating.

In the 1960s... Pakistan helped craft S. Korea's economic plan. However, all credit goes to their hardwork and dedication for a prosperous future, and they got it! Love from Pakistan !

Korea is just so amazing

Amazing development...Korea got independence (15th Aug 1945) just 2 years before the India independence (15th Aug 1947) but amazing development and Korea became developed country 20 years back... But still India is developing country 😞😞😞... Hats off and my sincere salute to Korean people for their sacrifice for their next generation and very honest people... I love so much Koreans...

We Malaysian have so many similarities with The Korean. Colonized, post war, great leaders. So much we have to learn from Korean.

East Asian countries all followed a fast, sudden, and booming growth model. Korea, Japan, Taiwan,China inclusively.

I admire and love Korea so much ! Upon watching the history of Korea and the "Last Princess of Korea". . . it is God:s blessings, and their determination to embrace love of country to improve and uphold dignity thru economic prowess. . . Soon to visit this beautiful country. . .

...so interesting how the government was the "innovative" engine I would like to know more about S. Korea's smart technology, smart city, mobile apps, cloud, data center developments? Will 2018 (Pyeongchang) be the most technology driving winter olympics?

Always keen to know !

very nice

Excellent !!!!

SALUTE! really hope my country will have a success story like South Korea

That last song 22:27 to the video makes me wanna cry for some reason. It just gets in inside my emotions.

This gave me shivers by the end of this great video. I'm proud to have a quarter of my heritage from Korea. :')

So impressive !

Korea has been working very hard for decades. They deserve the success to-day. Few months ago, China and South Korea signed FTA which will help Korean exports to China immensely e.g. without the tariffs, Korean cars to China can save 22% cost.. Another positive data for countries like Korea trading with China. It is estimated that China's middle-class population will reach 500 - 800 millions in 2020 to 2025. Korea will rocket as close neighbor China become world's largest consumer market.

amazing vedio

Development of korean is very great to be inspiring for many countries

It was a big question mark for me how SK is excelling in almost everything now: phones/technology, skin care/make up, entertainment, cars...and a lot more. Maybe because they are not complacent for what they have achieved rather they continue to improve and innovate. They put excellence in what they do Their products are of good quality... they're after the quality not just quantity. i seldom hear fake products.. sometimes when it's a fake korean products, they are made from China. Also, their artists, before they launch them they go through a long and heavy training. Even their phones, they keep on innovating and never gets complacent, unlike Nokia that was once the leader in phone innovation. Their love and respect for their country plays a big role too. Regardless how popular they are, all korean men are required to go through military training; this foster discipline and nationalism. They love and support their own but at the same time they are open to what they can learn from other countries and go beyond what they learn. Most of all, i think, there are less corrupt public officials in SK.

Such an inspirational video. "Korea evolved from aid recipient to aid donor" hope India adopts Korea's methods for devolopment.

nice vedio^^ 구독했습니다.

Never GIVE UP.... A inspired story for us

Thank you Mr. Park for changing our nation. You brought Korea out of crippling poverty and rampant corruption to one of the wealthiest nations in Asia and in the world. People may accuse you for human rights abuses today but the older generations, who lived through post war hell, never forgot your contributions to our country and still regard you as the best president in ROK history.

Pack Tae-jun who Former Chairman of POSCO said, "This budget is blood money of our ancestors. If we fail, turn toward the sea and just drown in there." Then all workers, including Pack himself, worked really hard even didn't sleep well. That's the reason of success.

It's no wonder why Koreans are very proud of their country and them being Koreans..thru education, hardwork, dedication & discipline SoKor has grown by leaps & bounds and there's no sign of slowing down up to this date..

I’ve seen this over 3 times this is so addicting idk y

with God's blessings..super proud of the hardwork of the Koreans...

Koreans must have a good heart and a good work ethic. My neighbors mother is Korean and I wish I had more neighbors like him. We help each other as needed and he volunteers when he sees a need. He is also a Christian. are there many Christians in Korea?

Saw this during our Day 4 of KF-Ateneo Teaching Korean in Philippine Academia. Thank you Ma'am and Sir for the insights you shared us about Korea-Philippine Bilateral Relations!

What a wonderful story. The resiliency and fight spirit of korean people is truly something inspiring.

온 국민의 세금으로도 금융위기를 몰고온것에 분노를 금치 못하면서도, 모은 금으로 빛갚는데 쓰일것을 뻔히 알면서도 우리 노인네들은 장롱을 뒤져 가져다 바쳤다. 이는 자식들의 실수에도 노심초사 온갖것을 가져다 뒷바라지 하던 우리 부모님네들의 그것과 다를바 없다. 아무리 무식하고 배운거없고 교양없다 나부려 대도 우리 부모님들을 존경하고 공경할 수 밖에 없는 수천가지 중 하나일 뿐이다.

1.3 billion people india should learn from a small country like south korea

This gives me a bit of hope for my own country. Truly remarkable success.

Thanks

Great video. Americans can learn a thing or two from this.

community housing scheme could be implemented in India. It is quite relevant to present situation.

I thought no one would be interested in the history of Korea, but it's fun and nice to make it into a video like this! Thank you!

korea have inspired me, love you guys