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hexola

(4,835 posts) Sat Aug 12, 2017, 09:00 AM Aug 2017

Why "Made In Korea"?

I was going through some new O Scale model trains I recently purchased - and I noticed they were labeled "Made in Korea" - which was not a surprise. But with all the hub-bub about North Korea - I was wondering why these kinds of exported goods were labeled "Made in Korea"? I can only assume they were made in South Korea - so, why wouldn't they label them "Made In South Korea"?

Is there a reason for this?

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Why "Made In Korea"? (Original Post) hexola Aug 2017 OP

Official name: Republic of Korea HAB911 Aug 2017 #1

actually they make melm00se Aug 2017 #4

Because it meets governmental rules of origin dalton99a Aug 2017 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Aug 2017 #3

HAB911

(8,892 posts)

1. Official name: Republic of Korea

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 09:13 AM

Aug 2017

vs Democratic People's Republic of Korea (They don't make shit, but trouble)

I guess each ignores the other, so no distinction is made

melm00se

(4,992 posts)

4. actually they make

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:16 AM

Aug 2017

coal briquettes as their #1 export

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/prk/

which is the 1109th most complex product according to the Product Complexity Index (PCI).

dalton99a

(81,488 posts)

2. Because it meets governmental rules of origin

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 09:14 AM

Aug 2017

The key requirement is clarity - most of the world uses Korea to refer to South Korea, and North Korea is called North Korea:

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