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
Nickelodeon (South Korea) Nickelodeon (South Korea) Nickelodeon ( Nick) is a South Korean television channel aimed at children and teens. It is the South Korean version of American Nickelodeon. The channel is currently owned by SBS Viacom, a joint venture of SBS Medianet and Viacom International Media Networks. In South Korea, some of original series from Nickelodeon, like "Rugrats", "Rocket Power", "The Wild Thornberrys", "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Dora the Explorer", were shown on what is now EBS1 (operated by public-service broadcaster EBS). "" was broadcast on MBC. A localisation of Nick Jr.'s "Blue's Clues" was shown on KBS2 (of public-sector broadcaster KBS). The