For South Korea as a whole,that seems as much a prophecy as an ambition. Like Japan in the 1960s,the country is poised for an assault on the world' s export markets. Its surging $81 billion economy is churning out a flood of increasingly sophisticate

For South Korea as a whole,that seems as much a prophecy as an ambition. Like Japan in the 1960s,the country is poised for an assault on the world' s export markets. Its surging $81 billion economy is churning out a flood of increasingly sophisticated products,from shoes,toys and telephones to video recorders and microprocessors. Korea's mighty conglomerates dominate Middle East construction,and they command key shares of the world' s shipbuilding,textile and steel industries.

对整个韩国来说，那似乎既是一种预言，也表示一种雄心。如同20世纪60年代的日本一样，这个国家正准备向世界出口市场发起攻击。该国迅速崛起的拥有810亿美元的经济正在源源不断地生产出大量日趋先进的产品：从鞋类、玩具和电话机到录像机和微信息处理器。韩国实力雄厚的跨行业公司支配着中东的建筑业，并控制着世界的造船业、纺织业和钢铁工业的主要股份。