By the late 1980s changes in South Korea - labour unrest, increases in wage levels and loss of control of work places by Korean authorities - had made that country less attractive for investors, both foreign and domestic, who began looking for more congenial locations. With help from Nike in the form of guaranteed orders, the Korean companies, with whom it had by now developed a long-term relationship, moved their operations south to Thailand and Indonesia, in search of cheaper and less troublesome labour. Wages in those two countries were at that stage only a quarter of those in South Korea. Some of Nike's Taiwanese associates also set up in Southeast Asia.