Global Knowledge Exchange & Development Center

GKEDC is an open space for learning and exchanging knowledge on Korea’s socio-economic development experience. Korea transformed its economy from being one of the world’s poorest and agricultural countries to now achieving the seventh largest trade volume in the world. Through various digital images and graphics provided in our exhibitions, visitors can view and experience Korea’s miraculous socio-economic growth achieved in a short period of time. GKEDC aims to provide insight on Korea’s socio-economic development experience, which was made possible by overcoming many challenges including the Korean War. With the help of erudite scholars around the world, GKEDC goes beyond merely examining the past, tackling economic issues of today and tomorrow such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Exhibition halls in GKEDC, which illustrate Korea’s socio-economic development since the Korean Independence in 1945, serve to bolster pride in Korean citizens about their history and to offer international visitors an opportunity to learn from Korea’s development experiences. For instance, we find that the key players in the socio-economic development of Korea were not limited to a small number of well-known figures. Rather, it was ordinary citizens like our grandparents, our parents, and ourselves who led and shaped Korea’s socio-economic growth. By highlighting these individual efforts, the GKEDC provides a chance for Korea’s older generation to feel proud of their past achievement. For the younger generation in Korea and visitors around the world, GKEDC provides hope and strength to embrace new challenges ahead, with the lessons learned from GKEDC. All in all, GKEDC offers visitors both in Korea and from abroad a meaningful opportunity to experience and learn from Korea’s 70-year socio-economic development.