Korea's economic development is due to its geopolitical position.

 When talking about Korea, there are always four countries around the Korean Peninsula, and most of them say that Korea would have gained some influence if it were not around these countries such as the United States, China, Russia, and Japan, but I actually don't agree with this. After the defeat of the Japanese colonial rule, these things, such as liberation of the Korean Peninsula and the Korean War, were inevitably affected because we were involved in these neighboring countries. But if you look at it differently, what would happen if the United States had not participated in the Korean War after liberation? What if the United States excluded the Korean Peninsula from the Far East defense line and included only Japan in its defense line until the end, as in the Echison Declaration? Eventually, if the communistization of the time, such as China and the Soviet Union, occupied the Korean Peninsula, the United States was worried about its influence on Far East Asia and eventually participated in the Korean War. If the Korean Peninsula was not in this geopolitical position, but in a place without large-scale communist forces such as China or the Soviet Union, would the United States really intervene in the war on the Korean Peninsula? And I don't think there would have been any U.S. aid or large-scale support since the Korean War. Although the U.S. support for Korea was also aimed at expanding their influence. And taking Japan as an example, I think it is right that Japan also paid compensation for colonization of Korea under pressure from the United States at the time. For the United States, I think it is because it was judged that Korea should quickly establish a capitalist framework and grow economically as soon as possible to prevent the influence of left-wing forces again and prove its excellence in capitalism against the communist camp. And economically, there are a lot of talks about the trade deficit with Japan, but I think this is inevitable. Looking at the economic development process of the Korean Peninsula, I think it is a great thing that Korea was able to receive Japanese parts and technologies in developing the economy through processing trade from the beginning. It was a great relief for Korea to have a country next to it where you can learn and control parts technology technically, locally, and stably.  In history, there is no such word as (?) but what if these neighboring powers were not around us? Will we be able to make the same economic development as we are now?