Seoul: When the world calls South Korea the land of the “morning calm”, it hides the truth of a nation forged in fire. Today, this small East Asian country stands as one of the most advanced economies on earth. By 2025, it had become Asia’s fourth-largest and the world’s thirteenth-largest economy. Together with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, it is known as one of the “Asian Tigers”. But there was a time when South Korea had nothing.

In 1950, as India celebrated its new Republic, South Korea was beginning a parallel journey. The two nations were rebuilding from the ashes of history. But one decision would change South Korea’s fate forever.

This story has returned to the spotlight because of a historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the

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