,as in example of Daewoo problem in the
1980s when Daewoo shipbuilding made losses that threaten the collapse
of the whole group, the government stepped in to save conglomerate and
to provide emergency loans, chaebols could always count on the
government to help. So they would continue to borrow money from
government owned banks. The bank were forced to continue borrowing
money to "Korean Losers" and never got paid back. It continued until the
old government was in power and economic growth allowed to spend
money on useless but loyal companies. However, the Asian crisis changed
everything. Weakened Korean economy desperately needed money
injections from the IMF. IMF used the financial crisis to insist on an end
to all forms of national economic regulations and the close ties between
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