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The Koreas & the “Four Tigers of Asia”
© Mark M. MillerWorld Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & GeologyThe University of Southern Mississippi
North Korea: authoritarian communist, nuclear weapons, “trigger-happy,” very isolated
South Korea: close ally with US; transition from developing to developed world – probably next country after Japan to make the leap; built on strong education system; many major companies – e.g., Kia, Hyundai
Seoul, capital of South Korea
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South Korea
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The “Four Tigers of Asia"Taiwan
Hong Kong
Singapore: “entrepot”
South Korea
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The next “tigers”?
Vietnam Philippines:
lingua franca Tagalog
Indonesia: Spread across more than 17,000 islands, the fourth most populous country in the world.
