Li Kao-chao, vice chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, thinks that in the chemical and heavy industries, Korea's most important industries, Korea's rival is Japan. And it was Japan which was first to be hit by the depreciation in the won. Taiwan and Koreadon't compete in so many areas.
經建會副主委李高朝認為，就以重化工業為主的產業結構來看，南韓在國際市場上的競爭對手其實是日本，日本是韓圜貶值首當其衝的受害者；台灣和韓國重疊競爭的部份反倒不那麼大。