Friends
Do you know what is the common denominator of Pony, Nylon, Aerotrain, Burj Khalifa? They were the leading roles and technologies that made once the poorest country, South Korea, with GDP $67 right after 6.25 into Korea with GDP 20,000 dollars in sixty years. (what we acheive in Bangladesh for last 40 years ?)
The National Academy of Engineering of Korea threw the award ceremony for 100 Technology and Leading Roles of South Korea at Shilla Hotel on 16th. The 100 technologies strengthened the foundation of Korean industry and led the development economy over the sixty years after the Korean War. Their areas included but not limited to semiconductor, cars, cell phone, shipbuilding, and steel industry. Nylon that accomplished innovated textile industry in 1950 to 1970; Pony the first original Korean car; Memory semiconductor that is still the top of the world; Kiturami boiler that is Korean floor heating system; Gyeongbu highway; Samsung's world best building Burj Khalifa; Korean Aerotrain with 350km/hr, they are all familiar to the general public.
Korea's Samsung Engineering & Construction completed the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
Nylon that cultivated the Chemical industry
In 1950, South Korea's cotton clothing culture took a significant turn when the textile industry adopted nylon, which is a synthetic material. Once called as the Dream Textile, nylon became the foundation of Korean textile industry's competitiveness.
In 1950 to 1960, Samkyung, currently known as Kolon, first produced nylon in South Korea. Cotton socks were frayed easily, so people had to patch it several times. On the contrary, nylon was durable and dried easily after washing, which customers loved. There is a tale that business owners with bags full of cash filled the inns around Samkyung Company in Myungdong to get the nylon yarns from it.
After, the company built a factory that manufactured imported yarns, and the business was a success. The factory was so popular that the competition ratio was 16:1 for female factory workers. The qualification was fastidious— height taller than 155cm, graduates from middle school or higher, testing English and math— but 9000 people applied for 120 spots. So people called it as "Nylon Women's University"Memory semiconductor that established "Semiconductor's country"With the Hwang's theory, which claims that memory density doubles every year, memory semiconductor is the leading player that established South Korea the country of semiconductor. This year semiconductor expects its export record to be 2.36 billion dollars, being the immovable loyal industry to the country.
"It was winter in 1984. I brought sleeping bag to the company, living there 24 hours, and built the semiconductor in six months, which originally would have taken three years. I still remember it clearly," looked back Yun Woo Lee, chief technology officer in Samsung, who lived with the history of Korean semiconductor in a magazine interview.
Back then Samsung's Kiheung factory manager, Yun Woo Lee chief technology officer developed 4 megabyte memory technology with Hee Kuk Lee LG semiconductor research director for national research and development project. This was the starting point when Korean semiconductor industry became the main export industry. Lee confessed in a magazine interview, "In 1993, we became number one after twenty years since we started the semiconductor business. It was really difficult and hard, but I was able to endure it with a thought that we were making the history of Korean industry."
Gyeongbu highway: a year's economy value: 13 trillion
Its total distance 428 km with four lines, this year was 40th anniversary of Gyeongbu highway, which opened in 1970. It decreased the driving time between Seoul and Busan from fifteen hours to four hours and twenty minutes. It enabled one day life zone.
Do you know how many cars drive through Gyeongbu highway? It is 10.4 million per day. Its annual economic value is 13 trillion, which makes it the country's main artery.
KTX, which first launched in 2004, was manufactured with D'Alstom Company's technology. KTX Sancheon that is operating since last march is developed by Korean technology. This makes South Korea fourth country to develop its own aerotrain.
South Korea had changed a lot over the sixty years. The poorest country became economically advanced country. And Korea's status is going up in the world as developing countries visit Korea to learn its advanced system. It is all because of teams of all industry, academy, and research ceaselessly developed technologies to make "pro product." I am confident in South Korea's future of sixty years because we have the strength which made today's South Korea.
But what we are doing in Bangladesh with those brainless dump leadership ? Open the television everyday, see how exmart they are only in Ghal Bhara Bhuli....talking-master having with no qualification and experience. Hai Hullor with Shadinatha, Razakar Albadar slogan, Arar Nai kono kam.I urge all the talent intellectual scientists in Bangladesh , please comeup, make Bangladesh a fortunate one.Thanking youAn unfortunate Freedom Fighter in 1971
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