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Korean recovery to follow the West, not Asia

While Korea is in much better shape to weather the 2008-09 global crisis than was the case during the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98, weak external demand and high domestic household indebtedness will probably prevent a strong recovery this time around.

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