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...Politik, a political analysis firm Tony’s picks of the week Against formidable odds, Kim Joo Kyung and Jang Hyeok managed to escape separately from North Korea. Then they got married....
...“Women’s employment has risen significantly in their 20s, but their workforce participation falls in their 30s due to marriage and childbirth,” said Kim Nan-joo, a researcher at the Korean Women’s Development...
...The east side of Singapore — the Peranakan (Straits Chinese) district of Joo Chiat and Katong, as well as the East Coast — is indisputably our most concentrated gastronomic utopia....
...They don’t really need intercontinental ballistic missiles and they don’t really need a thermonuclear device....
...Works by Cornelia Parker, Anselm Kiefer and Michael Joo are among the 16 estimated to make up to £135,700 at Phillips, London on March 4....
...“They don’t talk, they just drink. At least before they talked, they had some conversation,” she said....
...“Back in 2008, the joke was: whatever you did, if it’s illegal today, don’t worry, because it will be legal tomorrow....
...“Women really don’t feel happy in this male-centred family culture,” Ms Mo said, adding that a growing number of younger women were choosing to not marry, not have children, or both....
...Once it was removed, a rather different scene emerged, and was attributed to the Flemish late-16th/early-17th-century landscapist Joos de Momper, with additional figures painted in the studio of Jan Brueghel...
...Mr Mrs Mohgan Tin Yeang Restaurant, 300 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427551 Good for: Location....
...Just minutes into our lunch, with the first of eight courses served but our chopsticks untouched, Cho Nam-joo wants to tell me about her conception....
...At this point, a mysterious product from the food wholesaler makes its appearance — canned au jus (French for “with juice”, but pronounced by the counterman “aw joo”)....
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...Joo Yang once hid underground in a tiny bunker made for storing kimchi, Korean fermented cabbage, as she evaded detection before fleeing across the North Korean border to China....
...Hide the cutest puppy you can find inside the box, close it and put the roof on (don’t forget air holes)....
...“People are saying: ‘I just don’t know enough. I don’t understand the terms. It’s coming at me too fast,’” says Sean Meehan, dean of the MBA programme....
...“I don’t understand why the government doesn’t care about the difficulties of small shop owners like me.”...
...“Many people with mental problems don’t seek professional help and are afraid of social stigma and the economic cost. As a result, they become more dangerous and unpredictable,” said Prof Kwak....
...In the North Korea of Kim Joo Il’s youth, so many people died of hunger, no one knew what to do with the bodies....
...“You don’t just build a casino and expect people to come immediately.” He cited slow progress on developing infrastructure as a contributing factor. Things are improving, however....
...“I don’t want it to be misinterpreted,” he said. “It’s a business event.”...
...“Regulators don’t want to precipitate problems, but they want banks to be prudent and conservative in how they’re reserving,” said Joo-Yung Lee, head of North American financial institutions at Fitch Ratings...
...“Having seen how difficult it was for MBK to exit, I don't think they want to get into the same situation,” he said....
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