Industrial hub Ulsan a warning signal for cooling South Korea
Policymakers have called for greater focus on developing domestic demand and service
Ulsan, South Korea
THE port of Ulsan was the cradle of South Korea's breakneck industrialisation. Now, the main production site for big manufacturers such as Hyundai Motor and oil refiner SK Innovation risks becoming the country's rust belt.
In effect, Ulsan is a real-time warning signal for South Korea, a nation that has the world's fastest-ageing society and an economy struggling to shake its dependence on manufacturing and exports in favour of a model base…
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