Original sentence: After division, South Korea was established in 1948 and has since rapidly recovered from the Japanese invasion (1910–1945) and Korean war (1950–1953), utilizing democracy with the first direct election in 1987.Nicknamed as an Asian Tiger, it is still among the world's fastest growing developed countries and a Next Eleven state, forecasted to surpass the income per capita of Germany, UK and France by 2025
Edited sentence: After division, South Korea was established in 1948 and has since rapidly recovered from the Japanese invasion (1910–1945) and Korean war (1950–1953).Nicknamed as an Asian Tiger, it is still among the world's fastest growing developed countries and a Next Eleven state, forecasted to equal the income per capita of Germany, UK and France by 2025.The country held its first direct election in 1987