Special report | South Korea
South Korea is going through deep social, economic change
But the transformation is still fragile, and covid-19 is not helping, says Lena Schipper
THE TENSION between traditional top-down economic and social decision-making and a more individualistic, bottom-up approach has been apparent in South Korea since it democratised more than three decades ago. In the past two months, however, two things have happened that have highlighted this tension.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Loosening up”
From the April 11th 2020 edition
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