Chaebol the claim that in order to be a competitive economy more power must be given to the chaebol. In recent years, the leading political parties of South Korea have reversed their pro-large corporate stance to one of economic diversification. Under Kim Dae-Jung and in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial crisis, many reforms were made to the chaebol. Most of these changes pertained to corporate structure, transparency in financial reporting, corporate governance, and debt stabilization. In 1997, the IMF provided a bailout loan of $60 billion conditional on revision. Distressed financial institutions were to be closed down and those
Pension policy in South Korea receiving payment as an annuity. As the Korean government aimed for the rapid economic development, social welfare was not the primary task in the 1970s and 1980s Politicians relied on the Confucianism rooted society that the family should take care and support the old people In 2000, South Korea have remained the aging society status that the elderly population ratio is reaching 7 percent Kim's study explained that an aging status of the South Korea is more than 135 years than France and 68 years older than Germany Korea National Statistical Office estimated that the South Korea is expected to