Original: However , Park 's strategy succeeded in attracting Japanese capital and technology , along with American aid , to develop South Korea 's heavy industry and infrastructure , although many Koreans criticized it as too meager recompense for the long Japanese occupation .
Simplified: These aids and loans -- although criticized by many Koreans to be too meager for the 35 years of occupation by Imperial Japan -- along with American aid , helped to restore the depleted capital of South Korea .