Why is Korea not developed as Japan?

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Korea-not-developed-as-Japan/answer/%E6%A1%91%E7%94%B0-%E5%81%A5%E5%8F%B8-Kuwata-Kenji?prompt_topic_bio=1

It is because we learn technology from Japan and imitate Japanese technology.

Japan takes the Nobel Prize in basic fields, but Korea does not.