韩国于1948年正式建国时,朝鲜半岛南部刚摆脱日本的殖民统治,经济落后,民众贫穷。自1962年起,韩国开始实施第一个五年计划,经济开始以年平均增长率高于10％的速度持续跃进,到1982年完成第四个五年计划之时,国民经济和社会发展取得巨大成就,由此而跻身于中等发达国家之列。 When South Korea officially established its nation in 1948, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula just emerged from Japan’s colonial rule and its economy was backward and its population was poor. Since 1962, South Korea began implementing the first five-year plan and the economy started to leap forward at an annual average rate of growth above 10%. By the time the fourth five-year plan was completed in 1982, the national economy and social development were achieved Huge achievements, which among the middle class among the developed countries.