South Korea is justifiably called the Miracle on the Han River. Japanese colonisation from 1910 to 1945 and the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 left the country splintered and broken. More than three million people lost their lives during the Korean War and millions were left destitute and traumatised. Seventy years later, South Korea is a vibrant democracy, an industrial powerhouse, a provider of foreign aid, and a leading exponent of soft power because its music, movies, food and culture are passionately embraced by people across the world. Its per-capita gross national income of $47,490 (in purchasing power parity...