How are natural resources distributed in East Asia?

Today we're going to look at the natural resources of East Asia and how they cause people, products and capital to move. China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan are all part of East Asia. And those countries all contain natural resources. Natural resources are materials provided by the Earth itself that can be exploited by humans. This isn't just things like oil, silver, and gold. It also includes fertile land for farming and natural beauty for tourism - anything that's a natural part of the land.

What movement results from these natural resources? Well, where there are resources, products can be made. Sometimes those resources are exported in their raw form, and sometimes they're manufactured into products and those products are exported.

Where resources and products move, so does capital. When people buy products from abroad, capital is transferred from country to country. Where products move, capital moves in the opposite direction. But there's also investment from outside each country.

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