Farm Tool Production in Korea

The fighting in Korea left small industry with ruined plants and no capital for reconstruction. The United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) attacked the problem in two ways: by making machinery, semi-finished materials and construction items available to small businessmen, and by establishing a production loan fund to assist in rebuilding and modernizing small factories. Some $300,000 was allocated to aid 12 small farm-tool producers, and other farm-tool plants were aided under the loan of $300,000 and one for HW 46 million to machine producers generally.
Seen here at a small factory on the outskirts of Suwon, ploughs are produced in assembly-line fashion. The factory also makes threshing machines, hand-operated winnowing fans and other items. [No exact date]