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[Real Reality]

Korea Will Be Developed Country in 10 Years, 99% Say
Almost all of South Koreans are positive that the country will become a developed nation within ten years, a survey has shown.... Of the respondents, 49 percent voiced optimism over Korea becoming a developed nation in 7-10 years. Twenty-six percent said it will take five years, 20 percent seven years and 3 percent 3 years.
By Park Hyong-ki, Korea Times (August 2, 2006)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200608/kt2006080217520711980.htm

[flotsam]

Oh, this drives me crazy with my students. Korea is developed for chrissakes. Megapass, bravo your life, look at how you handled that Katrina mess you savages, developed.

The only reason any Korean says the country still isn't developed is that the older generation was led to believe that "developed" would mean "dominant", or at least "damn-well dominant over Japan and equal in influence and affluence to the West, dammit".

Sad this, because it means that Koreans will never fully take in or appreciate the modern strength of their country and its people(and the actual impact on, and appreciation for, the country that visitors have here). The light will forever remain at the end of the tunnel with nobody noticing they are actually looking up from the bottom of a well.

[sadsac]

It's considered to be a developing nation, looking for advanced nation status. So much of this country is still very third world, in particular their agriculture.

[flotsam]

[Real Reality]

Developing or Developed?

No Bloody Hot Water!
"my apartment has had no hot water for 2 weeks..."
by craigwalsh
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=62318

Back to school - power problems
"I went up to my room after saying hello to some of the teachers, and turned on my PC. Nothing happened. I fiddled with some switches, tried again, and nothing happened. No lights, no whirring sounds, nothing.... I tried a few other things in my room, ceiling lights, other PC's but to no avail."
by tiger fancini
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=62653

[flotsam]

[Real Reality]

[flotsam]

All right now smarty. I am willing to engage in a discussion with the raised end of a ping-pong table, under the condition that you manage to at least reference what you consider a reasonable definition for "developed". You are all over the place here.

Chop-chop.

[jacl]

Korea is a developed nation. Taiwan is a developping nation.

In the true sense of the word, every nation is developing.

[Captain Corea]

I think there are many catagories that could be recognized as developed.
(IT, Heavy Industries, Broadband, Hospital care, ect...)
They might be missing out on a few important ones though.
(food safety, driving rules, construction enforcement, zoning, ect..)

[flotsam]

[jacl]

"Developped" isn't the right word. Depends on how you look at it.

Live in Taiwan and then come back here and you choose what developped or developping means.

[Captain Corea]

And how long did you have it flopped on the desk before they started measuring???


I get your point

[jacl]

It should be a squatters per capita deal.



While squatters are not as frequent here as in Taiwan, many places here don't even have a bathroom.

[The King of Kwangju]

I would classifiy Korean as developing, for sure.

Having said that, I live in downtown Toronto, the biggest city in Canada, the jewel in the crown of the developed world. Yesterday was so hot, the whole of downtown had a blackout. Toronto just plain ran out of power.

It was kind of embarassing.