Hints and tips:
...“Many Chinese businesses are manufacturing intermediate goods, which we mainly export,” Rhee Chang-yong, the governor of the Bank of Korea, told lawmakers last month....
...He bought his first coin watch, a Movado (c 1950) with a silver St Christopher’s medallion cover, last summer. Medals have been commonly used instead of coins....
...“The virus and war impacted Korean domestic consumption and investment, but exports were strong, driving Q1 growth,” said Park Chong-hoon, head of Korea research at Standard Chartered....
...There is some pure Orientalism on “Lotus”, and the shimmering instrumentation of “A Ballad For Chong Wang”, but for the most part the album is effortlessly self-subverting....
...Tencent direct is our preference (Thomas Chong’s recent PT hike)....
...Seoul’s trade minister Kim Hyun-chong said on Monday that the two sides will soon sign a revision to their free trade deal, which will significantly increase the US motor industry’s access to the South Korean...
...Malaysia’s Tan Chong Motor Holdings is expanding operations in Myanmar....
...This month the Paris-based Galerie Alberta Pane opens a new permanent base in Pane’s hometown with a group show called Le Désir (to July 29), featuring works by gallery artists including Gayle Chong Kwan...
...Former secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker calls her “fearless”, and hedge fund billionaire Kenneth C Griffin says she is a “transformational” leader who has drawn in a broader group of visitors....
...People tend to have strong views about Rhee....
...Recently, he dropped a taxi owner because of bad customer service despite pleas from the driver that he would be “cut into little pieces” by loan sharks....
...“He didn’t appoint people to boards and commissions the way people wanted him to do, and because he didn’t, he suffered,” said his schools chancellor, Michelle Rhee, whose own education policies were a lightning...
...Changyong Rhee, chief economist at the Asian Development Bank, feels the sense of intellectual disarray....
...Ms Rhee is Korean-American....
...But Rhee Chang-yong, South Korea’s sherpa to the G20, bristles at this damning appraisal, which he says obscures the group’s ability to foster co-ordination on vital issues that would otherwise have vanished...
...The indicators could include current account imbalances, real exchange rates and labour costs, said South Korea’s sherpa, Rhee Chang-yong.These guidelines will be assessed with technical support from the...
...He followed that by appointing Michelle Rhee, a young Korean-American, as schools chancellor....
...C. Muthiah, Chairman, SPIC Ltd, India Mehmet Narin, Chairman, United Asian Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong, China William G....
...As preparatory talks continue before formal negotiations start on June 5, Kim Hyun-chong said it was ?plausible? that an agreement could be reached with Washington before the US ?fast-track?...
...Chong Quan, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said the EU proposal, which would impose duties of nearly 20 per cent on Chinese leather shoes, were “clearly discriminatory”....
...Rhee Bong-jo, South Korea?s vice unification minister, told reporters in Seoul. ?Our assessment is that they are likely part of an annual exercise by a North Korean missile unit....
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