EurekAlert  May 27, 2020 This special report demonstrates how a concerted government push to make South Korea an innovation leader, backed by strong investment and systemic reform, has brought rapid and long-lasting results from South Korea’s spending on research and development as a percentage of its GDP is the second highest worldwide, being topped only by Israel. According to the Nature Index, South Korea has retained its position in the top 10 countries in terms of high-quality research output, as measured by the key metric “Share” over the past four years. Aside from the sustained investment in research and development, […]