Chaebol played a key role in developing new industries, markets, and export production, helping make South Korea one of the Four Asian Tigers. Although South Korea's major industrial programs did not begin until the early 1960s, the origins of the country's entrepreneurial elite were found in the political economy of the 1950s. Very few Koreans had owned or managed larger corporations during the Japanese colonial period. After the departure of the Japanese in 1945, some Korean businessmen obtained the assets of some of the Japanese firms, a number of which grew into the chaebol of the 1990s. The companies, as well
Urban regeneration in South Korea create employment based on existing industrial functions and industries and to stimulate economic recovery to surrounding areas. The institution links urban regeneration, development and urban regeneration with key facilities that have significant economic recovery. It targets areas where employment can be created through composite development projects(anchor businesses). Typical example Urban regeneration in South Korea Urban regeneration in South Korea began with the reconstruction following the Korean war. (For brevity, references to Korea hereafter refer to South Korea.) In the 1980s, the policies and paradigms for establishing new towns changed greatly. Urban regeneration examples include Housing redevelopment projects, housing refurbishment projects,