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South Korea's Pro-Foreign Investment Policies Made it Literally Overshadow North Korea

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When you have the taste of capitalism for the first time! There are really a lot of misconceptions about the free market and foreign investments. It would be a good time to write about the differences between North Korea and South Korea. I remembered studying Asian history in high school but it seems it was a rushed course . I guess Asian history is now taught in middle school and high school in the K+12 program. Like economics, it seems that Asian history and world history are treated like "just requirements to pass". Economics is linked to history and vice-versa. It would be good to talk about both Koreas for another economics-related post. Korean history was taught in high school but in a glimpse. I wish I had an updated Korean history textbook in English. We saw the progress of the two Koreas. Sadly, high school economics during K+10 was so rushed though I did learn a lot with a teacher as fierce as the late Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago.  Election seasons reminded me of