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...But his image as a graft-buster was badly undermined by a scandal surrounding his wife, first lady Kim Keon Hee, over her acceptance of a Christian Dior bag worth about Won3mn ($2,200) from a Korean-American...
...Here, designer Cho Myung Hee reimagines the ruins of Troy as a curving space, backed by a giant window, dominated by a swooping structure like a modernist bus shelter, and splashed with starry projections...
...Bae Kyu-shik, a labour expert, suggests that the priority should be boosting productivity, rather than increasing hours....
...Cho Hyun-dong, South Korea’s deputy foreign minister, who presided over this week’s meeting that brought together lawyers for the victims, academics and legal experts, said: “It is meaningful that the public...
...Bae Doo-yong, LG’s former head of tax and trade, will become its chief financial officer....
...Her mother, Lee Myung-hee, widow of late chairman Cho Yang-ho, received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for a year, with a Won7m fine and a Won37m forfeit....
...“Whether it is due to the supply or demand shocks, manufacturers will see the effects of the outbreak well through the rest of this year,” says Hyun Bae at Samsung Securities....
...The 1965 treaty was signed by authoritarian ruler Park Chung-hee and sparked such public outrage at the time that US officials recommended Park introduce martial law in response....
...On Monday, Mr Cho’s wife, Lee Myung-hee, was called in for police questioning over claims she physically assaulted workers....
...The company on Thursday named Hwang Jeong-hwan as president of its mobile business to replace Juno Cho, who will take on a new role within the group’s parent company....
...The Lady is, in fact, a young heiress — Hideko (Kim Min-hee), living in gilded confinement with her uncle Kouzuki (Cho Jin-woong) in a country mansion in 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea....
...Following the devastation of the Korean war in the early 1950s, South Korea’s leader, Park Chung-hee, turned to the conglomerates to help rebuild the country in the 1960s and 1970s....
...Suh Kyung-bae used to raise eyebrows by turning up to business meetings sporting bright nail varnish....
...Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Chung Mong-koo, chairman of Hyundai Motor, both received suspended prison sentences for financial crimes and were later pardoned....
...Kim Do-hee, the flight attendant who served macadamia nuts to Cho Hyun-ah, formerly in charge of cabin service at the family-run airline, filed a civil lawsuit against Ms Cho and Korean Air in New York on...
...Analysts viewed the move as part of efforts to ensure family control of the group if chairman Lee Kun-hee dies. The 73-year-old Lee Kun-hee has been bedridden since a heart attack in May 2014....
...“We should shake off this long-held perception that long hours mean hard work,” says Bae Kyu-shik at the Korea Labour Institute....
...In spite of the 2009 conviction of Mr Lee, Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee and a third executive for breach of trust, the holdings — now converted to equity — remained intact....
...Ahn Hee-jung is an avid user of overseas online shopping sites....
...“We’re not after profit, it’s about creating goodwill,” explains Mrs Lee’s son, Hansol’s chairman, Dong-Kil Cho....
...The main reason for Ms Park’s visit to London this week is to gain a better understanding of the city’s global financial centre, according to Cho Won-dong, her chief economic adviser....
...“Once this kind of plane is commercialised, it has a great future,” Mr Cho says....
...Kwang-hee, a senior aide....
...President Park Chung-hee asked Chung at the opening ceremony. According to legend, Chung replied: “I can do it.”...
...“Young people don’t feel cared about by the politicians – they were looking for someone new who could voice their concerns,” says Cho Hee-kyoung, Mr Ahn’s spokeswoman....
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