South Korea has developed into one of Asia's most affluent countries since partition in 1948. The Communist North has slipped into totalitarianism and poverty. The republic was proclaimed in 1948 ...

In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorest countries in the world. In 2004, South Korea's GDP surpassed one trillion dollars. Beginning in the 1960s under President ...

The Economist magazine’s “Glass Ceiling Index” again named South Korea the worst place to be a working woman among 29 OECD countries studied in 2024. Women receive approximately 30 percent ...