October 5, 2009
South Korea: Government Support for Research Builds Industries
Jae-hyun Seok for The Chronicle
David Helfman, a professor of cell biology who was hired away from the U. of Miami, now works in a nanotechnology laboratory in South Korea. Nanotechnology is one of several fields selected for a government-led push.
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Jae-hyun Seok for The Chronicle
David Helfman, a professor of cell biology who was hired away from the U. of Miami, now works in a nanotechnology laboratory in South Korea. Nanotechnology is one of several fields selected for a government-led push.
Daejeon, South Korea
Located in the center of South Korea, Daejeon is the country's second-fastest-growing city—growth partly engineered by the state. Twelve years ago in a bid to decentralize Seoul, the sprawling capital, the government shifted a huge chunk of its bureaucracy to this city, bringing thousands of new workers and their families.
Government intervention also drove the construction of one of Daejeon's most famous high-tech landmarks: the National NanoFab Center.
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