Comment by marcyb5st

There is also to say that Chaebols (i.e. Korean conglomerates) can do basically whatever they want because the Korean government will bail them out/give them the financial support they need.

With this, the "I need to be extremely profitable" burden is somewhat lifted, giving them the freedom to do hard R&D.

And it is true now still, with the last bribery in exchange of favors dating back to 2018 [1]

[1] https://bruinpoliticalreview.org/articles?post-slug=south-ko...