South Korea is no longer only shipping ships, chips, and cars. It is increasingly sending savings, pensions, and investment capital into the world. For decades, South Korea was best known as an export powerhouse for goods such as ships, cars, semiconductors, and smartphones. That story is still true, but it is no longer the whole story. Korea is now also becoming a significant exporter of capital, with households, pension funds, insurers, and other institutions increasingly

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