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...According to local media reports, Yoon was also incensed by remarks made last week by PPP lawmaker and Han ally Kim Kyung-yul comparing the first lady to Marie Antoinette....
...The other leading contender for March’s presidential election, conservative candidate Yoon Seok-yul, has also attempted to appeal to younger voters concerned about inequality and the cost of living with...
...Shin Yul, professor of politics at Myongji University in Seoul, said next year’s polls looked set to be “dominated by populism”....
...Goh Choon Kang, another former PAP politician, wrote in an article that Singapore did not need Hong Kong’s “colour revolution”, which was the result of “foreign manipulation”....
...Miky Lee, its former head, was allegedly ousted from her post because of pressure from the presidential office after making popular films deemed unfriendly to the government....
...“People are angry because they feel betrayed by her,” said Shin Yul, a professor of politics at Myongji University....
...Shin Yul, a professor of politics at Myongji University, said: “A partial personnel shake-up would not be enough to appease the public anger....
...On the list were Lee Byung-kee, Ms Park’s chief of staff, Huh Tae-yeol and Kim Ki-choon, his two predecessors, Lee Wan-koo, the prime minister, and Hong Moon-jong, a lawmaker who managed the 2012 election...
...It is arguably Lee Blakeley’s best production yet for the theatre, on a par at any rate with his A Little Night Music....
...Ms Park’s billing as a centre-right president would give her the cover to pursue radical change more easily than could a liberal candidate, said Shin Yul, a professor of politics at Myongji University....
...“There is no serious threat to the safety of flights because planes are using other navigation systems,” said Kim Choon-oh, a ministry director....
...The most important thing is they are so different from our regular politicians,” said Lee Ho-won, an employee at an engineering company....
...By reviving the term ‘arch-enemy’, South Koreans will think about Kim Jong-il’s regime separately from poor, ordinary North Koreans,” said Choi Choon-heum, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute...
...It consisted of deconstructed western garments draped into Buddhist monk-style robes (the wife of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak is a fan of his more conservative suits and dresses)....
...“He does not have leverage or political decision-making authority so the bilateral talks are most likely to end up with the countries just stating their own positions,” said Choi Choon-heum, researcher at...
...“With historical issues lurking in wait everywhere, there is a possibility of relations souring at any moment,” said Sohn Yul of Seoul’s Yonsei University....
...Choi Choon-heum, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said the latest rhetoric from Pyongyang was intended to force bilateral talks with the US....
...The strategy is to develop a pool of infocomm talent that is industry-ready,” said Lee Boon Yang, minister for information, communications and the arts, in a recent speech....
...“There will be no fundamental changes,” said Choi Choon-heum of the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul....
...Mr Lee made a similar call last year after meeting unions and management. Chew Choon Seng, SIA’s chief executive, told reporters that the airline’s board would debate the sales next year....
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