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| 17251. SOUTH KOREA: INVESTMENT PROFILE. This paper provides an overview, analysis and assessment of the climate for foreign investment in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Following an overview of the history and current status of foreign investment climate in South Korea, the analysis profiles and assesses the current foreign investment climate in South Korea, focusing primarily on foreign direct investment (FDI) but also considering foreign indirect or portfolio investment. It is noted that South Korea has done much to improve its foreign investment climate in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 and in recent years the South Korean government has attempted to position the country as a business hub for the entire North Asian region. Notwithstanding these positive changes, impediments to foreign investment remain, especially in the area of FDI. Labor strife, mixed signals for South Korea’s new president, the political/security threats posed by North Korea, foreign executives’ and employees’ distaste for the Korean environment, and growing anti-Americanism are viewed as the central obstacles to recapturing the rapid rate of FDI growth seen in 1999-2000. Keywords: country profile FDI South Korea business climate investment foreign. Written 2004. 13 pages; 45 footnotes; 41 bibliographic sources. 3,549 words. |
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