This has led Korea to begin cutting their enterprises down to size in recent years. I did not think that as soon as the government stopped its favourable treatment of the conglomerates the largescale enterprises would be influenced so much by foreign competition, which can be seen by the poor performance of Korean exports from this year. The fever of real estate speculation among the conglomerates has also had a big effect on Korean society. "
因此韓國近幾年也開始截「大」補「小」，停止對大財團的融資、利率等優惠措施，導致大企業的對外競爭力大受影響，這從近三年來韓國出口嚴重衰退便可看出端倪；而大財團熱中土地炒作，更對韓國經濟、社會造成衝擊。