From Kdevelopedia.org Treasures: Korea & The World Skills Competitions

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Η Κορέα και Η Συμμετοχή της στους Παγκόσμιους Διαγωνισμούς Δεξιοτήτων 

One of the success factors of Korea’s Development miracle after Korea War was the focus in improving the Human Capital. The poor skills and inefficiencies of the vocational training were gradually transformed to high quality achievements thanks to Governments long term policies on vocational training, R&D, Information Technology, being part of the Economic Development Plans.

An indication of this transformation was the participation and the victories at the World Skills Competitions established from Spain in 1950, the biggest today vocational education and skills excellence event in the world. The Competitors represent the best of their peers and are selected from skill competitions in WorldSkills Member countries. They are all under the age of 23 years (except for four skills that have the age limit of 25). They demonstrate technical abilities both individually and collectively to execute specific tasks for which they study and perform in their workplace.

Korea participated for the first time, in 1967 hosted in Spain and from 1973 started winning top positions. It is noteworthy that from 1977 to 1991 Korea maintained the first position in every competition. The Government supported actively the preparation and participation in Local and World Skills Competitions and the Winners were received with great pride being role models for youth.

More on Korea’s participation in the World Skills Competitions and the policies on Vocation Training and photos in the resources database Kdevelopedia.org  http://bit.ly/1O69zYV 

1967 Former Prime Minister Il-kwon Chung attends the welcoming ceremony for the 16th World Skills Competition team, the first participation of the country in the competition. Photo from Kdevelopedia.org http://bit.ly/1Nn5oGg

1968, The South Korean World Skills Competition team. One woman among participants.Photo from Kdevelopedia.org http://bit.ly/1LosSqj

1978 The 24th World Skills Competition held in Busan, Korea. Photo from Kdevelopedia.org 

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1978, The 24th World Skills Competition. Photo from Kdevelopedia.org

Info on the WorldSkills Korea at the http://bit.ly/1OHMUiB

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From www.kdevelopedia.org treasure resources: Exams & Examinations...Good Luck KDIS Summer 2015 exams students

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Students taking university entrance exams in 1954 immediately after the end of Korean War. Notice the lack of desks.

Exams & Examinations.., the least wanted activity but the tool to change a person life for the better and for ever after. Good Luck All on the KDIS Summer 2015 Exams.

Photos of various examination processes in Korea over the decades from www.kdevelopedia.org resources. The investment in human resources and development in Korea, at the insightful presentation of Professor Kim, Taejong.http://bit.ly/1II4mTH. 

Εξετάσεις και Εξεταστικές... η λιγότερο δημοφιλής πράξη που είναι όμως το εργαλείο για να αλλάξει κάποιος τη ζωή του προς το καλύτερο και για πάντα. Καλή Επιτυχία στις καλοκαιρινές εξετάσεις 2015 της Σχολής του Κορεάτικου Ινστιτούτου για την Ανάπτυξη (Korea Development Institute School)!

Οι φωτογραφίες δείχνουν  στιγμές εξετάσεων απο διάφορες χρονικές στιγμές,  απο την Κορεάτικη Βάση Δεδομέων για την Ανάπτυξη www.kdevelopedia.org .  Τη σχέση επένδυση στο Ανθρώπινο Κεφάλαιο και την Ανάπτυξη στην Κορεά στην παρουσίαση του καθηγητή 

Kim, Taejong.http://bit.ly/1II4mTH. 

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The Higher Civil Service Examination in 1955 the year the Korea War ended and the effort to make a rebirth of the country

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Children taking middle school entrance exams 1961

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A qualifying examination for the operation of a typewriter in 1970

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Examinees taking the Higher Civil Service Examination in 1958 About the Hiring system in the Public Administration in Korea that through exams Everyone could sit and participate irrespectively of prior education level, in the principle of equal opportunity. More from www.kdevelopedia.org overview on hiring system http://bit.ly/1N5t9AJ

The third abacus calculation qualification examination in 1964

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Korean Students taking exams today

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Sharing Knowledge From www.kdevelopedia.org: Korea's Public Wholesale Market

 Η Δημόσια Χονδρική Αγορά της Ν. Κορέας

Korea’s Knowledge Sharing Program on Public Wholesale Market Construction and Management http://bit.ly/1HJI1Bn in www.kdevelopedia.org

The successful and very touching 2014 film "Ode to my Father " http://bit.ly/1Id1C2i

The successful Korean movie in 2014 “Gukje Market” (International Market in Busan city) or as foreigners know it “Ode to my Father”, showing the years after the Korean War, reveals the importance of local markets that have always been an important source of income for survival, transactions and cheap buying of food & other goods. However rural and local markets are more than this.

much older rural market in 1961, fromkdevelopedia.org archives in http://bit.ly/1OgmMuP

A rural market in S. Korea in 1975 photo in KDevelopedia.org http://bit.ly/1MeHyfR

In 2013 Modularization of Korea’s Development Experience, the institution of Public Wholesale Market , its construction and management are being examined. Wholesale Market were considered the most ideal distributor among other distributors for agricultural products. By establishing Public Wholesale Market, its functions include large-scale collection and fast distribution of small-scale agricultural products intended for collecting individual, small-scale and distributed agricultural products in one
place and in a large scale to distribute them to buyers quickly, accurately and efficiently.
Agricultural products are produced in many sites across the country. This function enables
the wholesale markets to implement the rule of mass preparation and the rule of minimized
transactions, so that it is possible to reduce social distribution costs to establish efficient
distribution systems. A successful case is the opening in 1985 of the Garakdong Wholesale Market. More in www.kdevelopedia.org on Korea’s Knowledge Sharing Program on Public Wholesale Market Construction and Management http://bit.ly/1HJI1Bn

 Garakdong Public Wholesale Market today  http://bit.ly/1KfhEZN

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From Kdevelopedia.org treasures: Seoul City Hall and the importance of Local Government

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This is a photo of Seoul City Hall in 1973 from KDevelopedia database. In 2012 a new environmental friendly City Hall constructed  to worthy standards of a future metropolitan city that combines Korean traditional elements and modern ones. The Green Wall is the most popular attraction is a vertical garden of 70,000 plans of 14 different species. It is already in the Guinness World Records as the largest vertical garden in the World

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The old City Hall seen in the photo now serves as the City Hall Library.

City Hall houses the local government, an important institution for the development of the city and the well being of the citizens. For a thorough analysis on the Local Government in Korea, this research work at KDevelopedia database  http://bit.ly/1NX0heG 

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More treasures from K-Developedia; SHINSEGYE Department Store, Seoul, Korea : “Fifty-ONE DAY MARKETING STUDY”, September 13 to November 2, 1966

Shinsegye in Centum City Busan, the largest department store in the World http://bit.ly/1GbYqha and the The first and main building of Shinsegye Department Store in Jung-gu, Seoul http://bit.ly/1Gyar2E

SHINSEGAE Department Store is the largest and oldest retailer in Korea and the first to introduce the concept of the department store to Korea in the 1930. Today it is expanded in 10 departments stores around the country, while the store in Centum City in Busan holds the Guinness World Record as the World’s largest department store. Its previous name was “Donghwa Department Store” and adopted its current name in 1963. The 60’s was the Store’s a decade of transformation and expansion. It was not an easy road.

The front page of the “Fifty-ONE DAY MARKETING STUDY” http://bit.ly/1K2vTPV

In 1966 an American Marketing Researcher was invited by KPC(Korea Productivity Center) and together with the local Marketing KPC Staff contacted a “Fifty-ONE DAY MARKETING STUDY” to trace the reasons of  sales difficulties at the Store. At that time there was only one store (in Chungmuro 1ga, Jung-gu, Seoul) and its leased departments. The American Marketing Researcher after examining for 55 days every aspect of the department store(conducted surveys, met the management and staff, examined the advertising policies and visited all other competitor dep.stores), presented the above Marketing Study.
Among the issues defined were the difficulties of the customers to reach the department store (“this is alarming..” ), the inefficient operation of the leased departments, the advertising campaign that should be changed and focused on the radio and not on the newspapers, the exterior design, the lack of English signage for foreigners etc.

some of the main issues identified in the study

The whole of this historic marketing study can be be found and downloaded in K-Developedia resources database http://bit.ly/1K2vTPV  In its pages includes many treasures of how marketing policies were seen those years and the points identified.

A coincidence of not, at the same year a pedestrian overpass in front of the Shinsegae was inaugurated. Photo can be seen in K-Developedia http://bit.ly/1Cjkgxv
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Opening ceremony for a pedestrian overpass in front of the Shinsegae department store in 1966

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A Greek Start for Korea's Shipbuilding Industry Development: Hyundai Heavy Industries

From the www.kdevelopedia.org Treasures

Ελληνική Αρχή για την Ανάπτυξη της Ναυπηγικής Βιομηχανίας στην Κορέα - Hyundai Heavy Industries

Who knows that the first ever customer of the Hyundai Heavy Industries was the Greek Shipping Tycoon George S. Livanos back in 1972? And that thanks to his order of two oil tanker vessels, Ju-yung Chung, the founder of the Hyundai group, who started Korea’s modern shipbuilding industry was able to persuade London bankers to provide the capital needed for the construction of the shipyard in Ulsan?

The launching of the 260 thousand ton Atlantic Baron oil tanker manufactured by Hyundai Heavy Industries(1974). This is one of the first of the two tankers built at Huyndai shipyards. The L in front stands for LIVANOS.(Λ=Lamda) from K-Developedia http://bit.ly/1IcSSXQ  

In the 1970s, the Korean government embarked on an ambitious industrial policy to promote Heavy and Chemical Industries, one of the main factors for its rapid economic development. One of the most important one is Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). However back then it lacked the necessary capital to build the shipyard and could not acquire the needed trust from international brokers as until then Korea was not into the shipping industry.

Mr. Livanos in an interview said he entrusted Mr. Chung with the first order because he had been impressed by Mr. Chung’s strong attitude and sense of adventure. 
Mr. Livanos noted that when he first met Mr. Chung, the Korean entrepreneur visited him with nothing more than a Korean currency note that featured a drawing of a Geobukseon, a 16th century battleship with a spiked steel roof that resembles the back of a turtle. Mr. Livanos said the Hyundai founder had asked for his trust, citing the fact that Korea had built the world’s first-ever iron-clad ship. 

Korea's old banknote depicting the Turtle Ship
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More information on the construction of the shipbuilding industry in Korea and also the Kobukson(turtle ship) is available in K-Developedia resources database http://bit.ly/1Jtlk9q
The promotion of Heavy and Chemical Industries in K-Developedia http://bit.ly/1E9tX4m
Livanos interview 
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Former President Chung-hee Park attends the groundbreaking ceremony of a Hyundai dockyard in Ulsan (1972)
from K-Developedia 
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G.Livanos Sun Enterprises the first customer of Hyundai Heavy Industries. In their website one of the milestones of the company history is the Order of Hull Nos. 1 and 2 from Hyundai Heavy Industries

http://www.sunenterprises.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1

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The Treasures of www.kdevelopedia.org

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What is K-Developedia? (www.kdevelopedia.org)
It is Korea’s biggest online database system on Korea’s Development Experience with more than 30,000 resources, 877 key development indicators and development-related data published by leading domestic and international organizations. Access is free to everyone and majority of material is in English language. 
The types of materials are diverse—research reports, papers, academic journals, pictures,presentations, audiovisual data, statistics, etc. Created in 2012 by the Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management is gaining popularity among foreign students and officials who want to learn about Korea's development.
Environment is one of the sub-categories of the main ones: economics, industry and technology, territorial development, social development, government and law, and official development assistance. More info:https://www.kdevelopedia.org/Resources.do