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World Service,21 Jul 1999,4 mins

South Korea's Boom Years

My Century

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Ahn Byung-wha tells the story of the economic reconstruction of South Korea after the civil war of 1950 - 1953 which split the country into North and South. Ayn Bhung Wha joined the national steel company of South Korea, POSCO, at its foundation in the 1960s.

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