Loving the hustle <| sep |> Nothing official , but it ' s implied that they ' re pilots who have been mortally wounded and had their minds transferred to a robotic body to continue the fight . <| sep |> Korean men have constantly been getting taller in an absolute sense since the end of Joseon during and after occupation . That ' s not what your own source that you quoted says 1890 년 대 조선 을 찾 은 영국 의 지리 학자 이사벨라 버드 비숍 이 측정 한 조선인 남성 평균 키 는 164 cm . 이후 큰 변화 가 없 다가 1970 년 대 부터 늘어나 기 시작 했 다 . According to the British Geographer Isabella Bird who travelled through Choseon Kingdom in 1890 ' s , the average Korean man ' s height was 164 cm . After that period , there were no real big change until the 1970 ' s when the average height began to grow bigger . Nowhere in your source says Korean men have constantly been getting taller since end of Joseon . Koreans got stunted after the Choseon Dynasty , then started noticeably growing taller in the 1970 ' s I have the writings of Isabella Bird , and it ' s very interesting to read . But I would say , the Koreans were stunted in growth all throughout the Japanese colonial period , the Korean War , and the harsh aftermaths of rebuilding the country in the 1950 ' s and 1960 ' s . Then once the economic growth took off in the 1970 ' s the people ' s health improved as well which lead to start of rapid height growth through the next few decades .