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The IMF required the introduction of a range of policies (such as fiscal and financial austerity, high-interest rates, the dissolution of the chaebols, layoffs, and implementation of floating exchange rates) as conditions for the bailout. The South Korean government under Kim Young-sam accepted those conditions to stave off a crisis. [2]
South Korea joined the IMF on August 13, 1955. [2] The relationship between the state and the institution has been steady for the most part. The country contributed $8.582 billion SDR (Special Drawing Rights) to the IMF quota, which comprises 1.81% of the IMF's funds. [3] South Korea has 87,292 votes in the IMF, which is 1.73% of the total. [3]
In South Korea, the $170.9 billion fall in 1998 was equal to 33.1% of the 1997 GDP. [82] Many businesses collapsed, and as a consequence, millions of people fell below the poverty line in 1997–1998. Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand were the countries most affected by the crisis.
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Daily life in a refugee camp in South Sudan. Some of the camp’s residents fled Ethiopia to avoid brutal evictions carried out by government forces. New evidence suggests the government’s actions were funded by the World Bank. Read the story here. Andreea Campeanu / International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
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In South Korea, the gold-collecting campaign was a national sacrificial movement in early 1998 to repay its debt to the International Monetary Fund. At the time, South Korea had about $304 billion in foreign-exchange debt. The campaign, involving about 3.51 million people nationwide, collected about 227 tons of gold [1] worth about $2.13 ...
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