History of science and technology in Korea such as the division of Korea and the Korean War that occurred right after its independence. It wasn't until the 1960s under the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee where South Korea's economy rapidly grew from industrialisation and the Chaebol corporations such as Samsung and LG. As of 2008 South Korea ranked 5th highest in terms of R&D. Park Kye-jung, CEO of Ace Electronics, won the Gold and Silver prizes for his invention of motor and motor-equipped gear at the 23rd Invention and New Product Exposition, he took the gold medal with his invention of a special device that converts vibrations from
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