South Korea now has a higher per capita GDP than Italy, and will soon surpass New Zealand. Putting aside the decades of brutal dictatorship that ended with Chun Doo-hwan stepping down in 1988, every South Korean presidency since has been rocked by corruption scandals. There are also instances of members of the administration labeling conservative viewpoints on North Korea as being fake news. Last year, South Korea's internet censorship system began hijacking DNS queries. South Korea appears to already be moving in that direction.

Source: Forbes February 25, 2019 15:40 UTC