Was it ever the same thing with South Korean products? Another one of my former teachers, who is like 40 now, claims that a " made in South Korea " label was frowned upon as recent as the 80s, but is now considered to be a
" seal of quality. "
I'm sure that's right. I was a kid in the sixties, and my dim recollection is that Korean tat was even cheaper and tattier than Japanese tat. Of course, in the 1960s, South Korea was undeveloped and mainly an agriculture-based economy, so Japan was well ahead of it in industrial terms.
I've never really been interested in cars, but I vaguely remember the appearance of Hyundai cars in the States in the mid-seventies, and I'm pretty sure they were considered not all that great.
IIN That I hate cars from the 80s?
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Was it ever the same thing with South Korean products? Another one of my former teachers, who is like 40 now, claims that a " made in South Korea " label was frowned upon as recent as the 80s, but is now considered to be a
" seal of quality. "
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I'm sure that's right. I was a kid in the sixties, and my dim recollection is that Korean tat was even cheaper and tattier than Japanese tat. Of course, in the 1960s, South Korea was undeveloped and mainly an agriculture-based economy, so Japan was well ahead of it in industrial terms.
I've never really been interested in cars, but I vaguely remember the appearance of Hyundai cars in the States in the mid-seventies, and I'm pretty sure they were considered not all that great.
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hyundai didnt start imports to the usa until the late 80s and they were dirt cheap for the one model they had available
5 grand for the excel
theyre now decent car makers but also more notably somea the best heavy equipment industrial equipment and shipbuilders in the world
hyundai is a humungous corporation in sk