See our chart of Asian internet use for comparison with other Asian countries. South Korean industry is dominated by the manufacturing of electronics, cars, shipbuilding, and steel. Textiles, clothing, shoes, and chemicals are also significant. Significant natural resources include Coal, tungsten, and lead. Agriculture is only one eighth of GDP but as normal in Asia is a significant employer, at a quarter of the work force.
Major crops are rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit.
The fishing industry is very large, pigs and cattle are the main livestock raised. Major trading partners are the USA, Japan and Europe. South Korea has a large trade surplus with the west, but a substantial deficit with Japan. History Migrations from central and northern Asia approximately 30,000 BC is thought to have led to the establishment of a Korean population. The early periods were marked by constant struggles and wars with the Chinese, and led to the establishment of the first Korean kingdom, Koguryo, in the Southwest.