Heavy and Chemical Industrialization era of South Korea

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The Heavy and Chemical Industrialization era of South Korea was a state-led development drive in the 1970s and early 1980s that rapidly expanded heavy industries such as steel, petrochemicals, shipbuilding, and machinery, transforming the country into a major industrial economy.

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instanceOf economic development program
historical era
alsoKnownAs HCI drive NERFINISHED
Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive NERFINISHED
benefitedEnterprise Daewoo Group NERFINISHED
Hyundai Group NERFINISHED
LG Group NERFINISHED
POSCO NERFINISHED
Samsung Group NERFINISHED
country South Korea
criticizedFor environmental degradation
high external debt vulnerability
labor repression
overconcentration of economic power in chaebol
economicPolicyType export-oriented industrialization
state-led industrialization
endTime early 1980s
focusIndustry automobile industry
electronics industry
machinery industry
petrochemical industry
shipbuilding industry
steel industry
followedBy economic liberalization and financial reform in South Korea
governmentTypeDuringEra authoritarian regime
historicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
impactOn export composition of South Korea
industrial structure of South Korea
technological upgrading in South Korea
implementedThrough Five-Year Economic Development Plans of South Korea NERFINISHED
initiatedBy Park Chung-hee NERFINISHED
keyPlan Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan of South Korea NERFINISHED
Fourth Five-Year Economic Development Plan of South Korea NERFINISHED
Third Five-Year Economic Development Plan of South Korea NERFINISHED
keyProject Onsan industrial complex development
Pohang Iron and Steel Company expansion
Ulsan industrial complex development NERFINISHED
Yeosu petrochemical complex development NERFINISHED
shipyards in Ulsan and Geoje
mainGoal development of heavy and chemical industries
rapid industrialization
transformation into a major industrial economy
majorEnterpriseType chaebol NERFINISHED
policyInstrument directed credit allocation
export subsidies
import protection
preferential interest rates
state planning of industrial structure
state-guaranteed loans
tax incentives
precededBy light manufacturing export-led growth phase of South Korea
relatedConcept East Asian Miracle NERFINISHED
developmental state
resultedIn emergence of South Korea as a major shipbuilding nation
emergence of South Korea as a major steel producer
emergence of South Korea as a newly industrializing economy
expansion of export-oriented manufacturing
increased urbanization in South Korea
rapid GDP growth in South Korea
rapid growth of manufacturing sector in South Korea
startTime early 1970s
supportedBy United States security alliance with South Korea

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Onsan National Industrial Complex timePeriod Heavy and Chemical Industrialization era of South Korea