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...“There is no way that the UN Security Council can impose any fresh sanctions on the two countries,” said Cheong Seong-chang, a researcher at the Sejong Institute think-tank in Seoul....
...“When I was a child, this was a developing country and no one had time for culture,” my guide Hong Chang Pyo tells me....
...Eun Sung-soo, the country’s top financial regulator, told a parliamentary hearing last month: “My honest feeling is that [investors] do not enter [this market]....
...“They have benefited from society to become so rich,” said Chang Sung-ja, a 56-year-old in the southern city of Suncheon who, with her husband, drives people home after they have been drinking....
...But Yoo Chang-keun, a South Korean businessman, has a cautionary tale....
...Chang Moon-soo, analyst at Kiwoom Securities, noted that “Hyundai faces many structural issues as its cars continue to lose their appeal to Chinese consumers as local Chinese rivals catch up fast”....
...“The ruling will eat into Kia’s operating profits as it inflates the company’s labour costs,” said Chang Moon-soo, an analyst at Kiwoom Securities....
...The other two charged are president Chang Choong-ki and executive vice-president Hwang Sung-soo. Mr Choi, Mr Chang and Mr Park have resigned, Samsung said on Tuesday....
...It is going backwards,” says Lee Hyun-soo, an interior designer from Seoul. “It needs a big change.” The victor of Tuesday’s contest faces huge challenges — and expectations....
...Huh Chang-soo, the chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries, which acted as a conduit between Ms Choi and the companies, said that “from the perspective of a business leader, it is hard to ignore...
...Ha-Joon Chang is the author of ‘Economics: The User’s Guide’ (Pelican Books) and a reader at the University of Cambridge Illustrations by Tim Lahan...
...“She is likely to opt for a more realistic policy to put more pressure on Abe through active dialogue,” said Jin Chang-soo, researcher at the Sejong Institute....
...“The company is not in terminal decline, given its product leadership, wide distribution channels and brand value,” says Chang Sea-jin, professor at the National University of Singapore....
...Independent frontrunner Ahn Cheol-soo raised about Won15bn through his fund, about half of his target of Won28bn, before dropping out of the race in late November....
...Their main concern at the moment is to improve their image amid a prevalent distrust of the sector,” says Chang Duk-soo, senior managing director at Hyundai Investments....
...“Institutional investors are taking a wait-and-see attitude before they see some concrete returns while the investment ceiling is too high for individual investors,” says Chang Duk-soo, senior managing director...
...Lee Chun-soo, another fishmonger, agrees that welfare is the biggest issue in Korea because of the rapidly ageing society....
...Yoo Kwang-soo of Korea’s Federation for Small and Medium-sized Business also says profit-sharing misses the point....
...His predecessor, Kang Man-soo, tried to pursue a weak Won policy but became the focus of severe criticism when the currency crashed....
...“We’re judging if there is a speculative force or something close to that” in the currency market, Kang Man-soo, the finance minister, told lawmakers....
...including Lee Hoi-chang, the former chairman of the opposition Grand National party, who was a frontrunner in the 1997 elections ? and all current and former prosecutors of illegally receiving funds. ?...
...Aspen, St Moritz, Pyeong-chang?...
...The alleged illegal campaign contributions threaten to tarnish Lee Kun-hee and Lee Hak-soo, Samsung's chairman and vice-chairman respectively, as well as Lee Hoi-chang, former chairman of the opposition...
...says Nomura Securities analyst Kim Gee-soo....
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