The word Daewoo means “Great Universe” in Korean language. It is the major South Korean conglomerate (Chaebol) which was founded in March 22, 1967. Daewoo Industrial founded by Kim Woo-jung who was the son of the Provincial Governor of Daegu.

During the 1960s, after the end of the Syngman Rhee government, the new government of Park Chung Hee intervened to promote growth and development in the country. It increased access to resources, promoted exports, financed industrialization, and provided protection from competition to the chaebol in exchange for a company’s political support. In the beginning, the Korean government instigated a series of five-year plans under which the chaebol were required to achieve a number of basic objectives.

Daewoo did not become a major player until the second five-year plan. Daewoo benefited from government-sponsored cheap loans based on potential export profits. The company initially concentrated on labor-intensive clothing and textile industries that provided high profit margins. The most significant resource in this plan was South Korea’s large workforce.

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