North Korea
Japanese Colonialism in Korea North and South Korea are nations that while filled with contempt for Japan have used the foundations that Japan laid during the colonial period to further industrialization. Japans colonization of Korea is critical in underezding what enabled Korea to industrialize in the period since 1961. ... By 1945 the industrial plants in Korea accounted for about a quarter of Japans industrial base. Japans colonization of Korea was therefore much more comparable to the relationship between England and Ireland then that of European colonization of Asia or Africa.