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...Joseph Li, the state-appointed Catholic archbishop of Beijing, begins a five-day trip to Hong Kong....
...Hur Ji-hyun, a 41-year-old “upcycling” designer in Seoul, is a huge fan of soy milk....
...Ho La Ho Sik Good for: People who enjoy fusion food Not so good for: A sudden dinner date FYI: Chef Christopher has a day job, so you’ll need to book him at least a couple of months ahead (Website) A...
...Park Chun-sik, a cyber expert at Seoul Women’s University, said the untraceable and anonymous nature of bitcoin made it attractive to the regime. Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and David Bond...
...Financial regulators are now investigating possible insider trading by people within the Samsung group after concerns were raised by the national stock exchange, said Kim Hong-sik, head of capital markets...
...Olivia Hwayoung Kim, a graduate from Pratt Institute in New York’s Brooklyn, has focused on developing a system called “Sik-sa” to enable cross-cultural communication through dining....
...Its dividend yield is the lowest in the region at only 1.1 per cent versus 2.9 per cent for Taiwan, 3.86 per cent for Hong Kong and 3.19 per cent for China....
...“Today, when we make an LCD panel, we have to use a glass substrate 2.5m long, with a thickness of 0.5mm,” says Hur Yeon-ho, head of factory automation for LG Display....
...It is time to expand capacity to boost sales,” says Cho Soo-hong, analyst at Woori Investment & Securities....
...“Last year we sold 62 vehicles, up from 32 in 2011, and this year we’re on course for our target of 120,” says Kim Young-sik, a sales manager....
...The Hungarian dealer Kálmán Makláry, who will offer works by the Korean contemporary artist Hur Kyung-Ae priced between €4,000 and €15,000, says that Frieze seems “impossible” to get into but that “Art13...
...“One of the reasons why Korean companies have a much lower trading multiple against companies in other countries is because of the cash management,” says Angela Hong, an analyst at Nomura....
...“Minus 4 per cent may seem shocking but we should focus on the point that Korea is the country expected to rebound by the largest margin in the world in 2010,” said Hur Kyoung-wook, deputy finance minister...
...The abbot, Sik Chi Wai, last week said he appealed to Liu Yandong, a senior Chinese Communist Party official, when she visited Hong Kong earlier. “I told her about this land premium negotiation....
...If Macquarie takes over both of them, that could affect our business,” said Weon Hong-sik, a spokesman for SK Telecom....
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