Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
Ah... Sometimes I forget I'm not only talking to americans and clueless north west europeans. When I said asia I mean eastern Asia: China, Korea, Japan.
North Korea certainly is medieval in its attitude.

China really isn't following a European Enlightenment or UK Westminister program to bootstrap itself. It has many issues to overcome from European colonialism.

Japan and South Korea are hardly basket case economies. Yes Japan seems to have peaked... It has an aging population and some of the longest lived people to look after... A cautionary tale for other economies.

South Korea has a lot of pros and cons. One of the obvious problems is North Korea. The less known one is that it is essentially a corporate run state.