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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by odiroot on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @09:41AM (#28049026)
> My wife is South Korean so I'm biased. But I've been to Japan and South Korea and if you're looking for one of the most modern nations in the world, I strongly recommend you go to Korea. The only comparable country I've been to is the Netherlands or maybe Denmark.

Have you been to Singapore?

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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by alephnan on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @09:46AM (#28049076)
Singapore has 1/10th the population of South Korea, and 1/20th the population of Japan.

Singapore has less than 1% of South Korea's land mass, which is 25% of Japan.

It's not a fair comparison on the scale of the infrastructure.

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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by eatonphil on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @09:48AM (#28049114)
To be fair the Netherlands and Denmark are pretty small too.
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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by messe on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @10:48AM (#28049843)
Singapore is 728.6 km^2, while the Netherlands and South Korea are 41,865 km^2 and 100,363 km^2 respectively. The Netherlands and South Korea are much more comparable.
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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by eatonphil on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @09:45AM (#28049062)
No I have not but I agree this would probably make the list. Maybe some of the Gulf city-states too but I haven't explored them very much.
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