Economically, they have turned huge borrowings into heavy chemical industry, and a huge debt into an advantage. Politically, Korea has gone from a military regime with polarized opposition to a democracy with direct election of the president.
經濟上，大筆借債發展重化工業，一度因外債過高而岌岌可危，卻能反敗為勝；政治上，從軍人統治、反對人士激烈抗爭，一躍而成總統直選的民主國家。