The country was left impoverished after the Korean War, and until the early 1970s was among the world's poorest countries (even poorer than North Korea).
Güney Kore Kore Savaşı'ndan sonra yoksul bırakılmış ve 1970'lerin başına kadar dünyanın fakir ülkelerindendi (hatta Kuzey Kore'den daha fakir).