SEOUL – In mid-November, all eyes will shift to Seoul, when G-20 leaders convene for the first time in the South Korean capital. The choice is long overdue, as South Korea is a remarkable success story: in one generation, the South Koreans, formerly pummeled by civil war, under constant threat from their Northern communist brethren, long mired in poverty, and ruled by military dictators for 40 years, have built the world’s 13th largest economy and Asia’s most vibrant democracy.
首尔——11月中旬，所有的目光将会汇聚首尔，这座韩国首都将要召开20国集团领导人的首次峰会。 这项决策早就应该做出，因为韩国已经成为一个引人注目的成功案例： 在短短一代人的时间里，韩国人从内战的重创、北方共产主义兄弟的威胁、长期的贫困和40年的军事独裁统治中解放出来，已经成为世界第13大经济体和亚洲最具活力的民主制度。