Kick Starting Korea
	South Koreans are showing they can make it internationally—in arenas as diverse as the research lab and the soccer pitch

Posted Monday, November 7, 2005; 20:00 HKT
MEDIA One-time student radical Oh Yeon Ho founded OhmyNews to take on the country's old guard

MEDICINE Hwang Woo Suk hopes his cloning breakthroughs will win international honor for South Korea

SHOWBIZ Winter Sonata charmed Asia and sparked a boom in tourism to Korea; Jewel in the Palace helped make traditional values cool again; pop star Rain has ladies swooning from Kowloon to Kanagawa

SPORTS Manchester United's Park Ji Sung, a scrawny kid who made it to soccer's big leagues, has become a national symbol for grit and determination

	Asian Journey: The Miracle Workers [Aug. 15, 2005] A South Korean backwater called Ulsan is where Asia's quest for a better life was forged Hyundai Revs Up [Apr. 18, 2005] Chairman Chung Mong Koo steers South Korea's largest carmaker away from its checkered past and toward a global success story A Whole New World [Aug. 02, 2004] For North Koreans who manage to escape to the South, life is modern, strange and full of challenges The House of Cards [Dec. 04, 2003] South Koreans went on a credit-card spree. Now consumer debt and bankruptcies are dragging down the economy The Reformers [Mar. 13, 2003] An idealistic new leader wants to rock Korea Inc.'s boat. He'd better not swamp the economy More Related Items | Search all issues of TIME Magazine