Korean economy - COLUMDAE Work local, trade global!

1. KOREAN ECONOMY
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2. KOREA
President of
LEE Myung Bak
Republic
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DE L’EST Political Regime Parliamentary Republic
Capital Seoul
GDP/Cap >20 000 $
Pusan, Daejeon, Daegu,
Main cities
Incheon, Gwangju
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3. MAIN ECONOMICAL INDICATORS
Statistics( 20010) Korea trends
Population (millions) 49
Superficy (km²) 99 000
Density(hab/km²) 495
GDP bilion$ 990
Growth 6.1%
Korea
PIB/hab >20 000$ Beijing
Pop active 24 million Japan
Seoul
Unemployment rate 4.0% Tokyo
Inflation rate 3.9% China
Exchanges
Exports billion$ 422.4
Imports billion $ 435.4 Shanghai
Finance
Investment rate 28.8% GDP
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Public debt 33.4% GDP
Change won/$ 1020
Change won/€ 1580
Source : OECD, IMF
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4. 10 REASONS TO GO TO KOREA
Profitable market Large market
A market where Strong economic
foreigners succeded growth
Easy to prospect Well-managed
country
Payment are
assured Open market
Strong legal framework Technophile country
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5. STRATEGIC LOCATION
51 cities over 1 million inhabitants within 3 hours
At the heart of North-East Asia (between Shanghai and Tokyo, Beijing and Vladivostok)
Khabarovsk
Ulan Bator
Russia
Mongolia
Harbin Vladivostok
Changchun
Shenyang
Jinzhou
Pyeongyang Japan
Beijing Tangshan
Korea
Tianjin Incheon Séoul
Taiyuan Dalian Tokyo
Daegu
Busan
Nagoya
China
Osaka
Xi’an
Kitakyushu
Chengdu Nanjing
Shanghai
Wuhan
Chongqing
2 hours
Taipei
Guanzhou Taiwan
Hong Kong
Vietnam 3 hours
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6. KOREA, GIANTS COUNTRY
Automotive, 5th globaly Semiconductors, 10% market share
Automotives: 5.3% global market share Global leaders
With about 4 millions car - Samsung Electronics (no.2)
(Huyndai-Kia, GM-Daewoo, RSM, - Hynix (no.9)
Ssangyong)
D-Ram leaders (2010 est.)
Car part equipment: 7.3% global market - DRAM 45%
share - NAND Flash 50%
US$ 34.4 billion
Display, n 1 worldwide Mobile phones, 23% market share
Market share
- CRT 59%
Market share of Korea, 23%
- PDP 56%
- LCD 39%
- Samsung Electronics 13% (no.3)
- OLED 42%
- LG Electronics 7% (no.4)
Main actors - Pantech Group & others 3%
Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI,
LG Philips LCD, LG Electronics
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7. KOREA, MAIN SECTORS
Semicondutors Shipyards Telephones Displays
Automobile Building
Steel
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9. CLUSTERS & SPECIAL ZONES
High-Tech
Free Economic Zones
Biotech
Digital Electronics
Dandong
Aerospace
Geumui Electronics, Petrochemicals
LCD
Jangan
High-Tech, Machinery
Inju
Cheonan
Osong Automobile
Shipbuilding
Pohang
Gumi
Ulsan
Jisa
Jinsa
Daebul Geoje
Pyeongdong Island
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Clusters
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