Getting entrepreneurial in Korea (Summer School)

Planet Money Summer School explores entrepreneurship in Korea. The first half tells the story of how South Korea's textile industry and a partnership with Bangladesh lifted the country out of post-war poverty and sparked rapid economic growth. The second half crosses the 38th parallel to North Korea, where a woman started her own small business selling goods, part of a growing affluent entrepreneurial class called the Donju. The episode examines how capitalism can emerge even in a heavily restrictive socialist society.