Korea?? a modernized country??

Question

I was surprised when i went to seoul (S.Korea)

I mean many people don't know and don't care about S.korea

but i was really shocked !!

I went to Tokyo the last night and i think Tokyo and Seoul has

a lot of similarities.. maybe almost the same

did anyone notice this???

Answer 1

Japan and Korea are nothing alike...

Answer 2

Yeah, Korea is a modernized country. They have the 13th strongest economy in the world. Japan is a bit ahead of South Korea right now. However, I would say South Korea has reached the developed nation but they are still behind on the political mindset. I would say the only thing South Korea needs to achieve now is more modernized types of thinking and acting in a global manner.  

Answer 3

Compare with japan,Korean national per capita income is one- thirds.

and unfortunately korea is not as prosperous as seoul seems to be.

Answer 4

I've lived in South Korea for four years. After about

two years in South Korea, I visited Tokyo for three

days. I saw more similarities than differences.

The food is similar. Japan is a bit more developed

in terms of buildings and cleanliness. In terms of

social customs though they are very similar. Also

their English language abilities are about the same.  

Answer 5

why not? south korea is one of the fastest developing countries in asia, together with hong kong, taiwan, japan, china, india and singapore.

they are a modernised country. what's wrong with that? but seriously, tokyo and seoul are very different. and i don't just mean the language and all that.  

Answer 6

what, why were you shocked?

yes i have realized it actually, but i wasn't shocked,

Answer 7

Jin K. I totally agree with you !

Answer 8

Uh, yeah.  South Korea is actually MORE advanced than the US when it comes to things like cell phone technology and internet access.  A higher percentage of Koreans have access to broadband internet than Americans, korea has the highest percentage of internet broadband access in the world, and the best Samsung and LG cell phones in Korea re more advanced and with more features than those you could find here.  

They're also at the forefront in other electronics technology (LCD TVs, for instance) and genetic engineering as well.

Answer 9

It's too sad that many western people don't know about South korea.

Korea has world leading companies such as Samsung, LG , Hyundai, KIA. When it comes to cell phones and internet, Korea is the world best. South korea has the fastest internet in the World.

South korea's economy is World 13th. better than Austrailia, Swiss.