It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

ROK A "DEVELOPING COUNTRY"?

Agence France-Presse ("WTO CONFERENCE COLLAPSED AFTER DEADLOCK WITH SOUTH KOREA, AFRICANS," 09/15/03) reported that the collapse of the World Trade Organization's Cancun conference followed the refusal by the ROK and other developing nations to discuss the so-called Singapore issues, ministers said. "Korea and some other developing countries came to see the (conference) president to tell him that they would not move on Singapore issues," said Danish Foreign Minister Stig Moller. German Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement made similar statements, saying "several African states and South Korea" refused outright to discuss the four issues --cross-border investment, competition policies, trade facilitation and government procurement. Moller said the European Union "showed flexibility on these issues, but Korea wanted all of them out." "I don't blame anybody for the failure of this conference, but I think we could have reached a compromise if we had negotiated more," he said.

Does this look like a "developing country"? Or this? Or a city with this subway system? Or this amusement park (that, among a myriad other things, boasts this swimming pool)? Who does the ROK think it is kidding?
UPDATE: I should have also mentioned this.