A balance of trade in components and intermediary goods is improving

Up to early 2000s, it had been poor in competitiveness in the world market. A trade deficit in this industry with Japan had been getting deepen about which some within the financial world worried. That's because finished good industries like cars, shipbuilding, home appliances mainly imported components and intermediary goods made in Japan.

It got to become at a tipping point late 2000s -big firms such as Samsung, LG, or Hyundai started to increase its invest on R&D and government made related laws are the reasons.

Now the government has chosen about 200 R&D subjects by 2020.
 - Super light metal material for a flying car
 - Solar paint : The type of paint being able to become solar cells after painted on cars or clothes.
- Eco Friendly Pavement :  Absorbing gas emission or dust from cars

Original Article(in Korean)
http://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/12/26/2013122603880.html