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...Some observers argue that with the country’s economy still in disarray Kim is unlikely to enjoy anything more than a brief moment in the sun....
...Hannah Murphy 17....
...“They are not targeting any specific country or region; they are trying to go global,” says Kim Myung-soo, KEPA director....
...“It still looks like it’s exponential,” he tells our US pharma and biotech correspondent Hannah Kuchler....
...Burning Sun was one of Seoul’s hottest clubs....
...The global technology group on Friday appointed Kim Sun-uk to its board, only its second woman board member in its 49-year history....
...Lee Sang-hyun, a senior research fellow at the Sejong Institute, echoed the sentiment, saying he expected that North Korea was co-ordinating prospective meetings and activities....
...In 2014, then-chief executive Kwon Oh-hyun made a public apology over the prolonged resolution and pledged to find a solution....
...However, his imprisonment — along with that of the chairmen of Hanwha, CJ and LIG, and Cho Hyun-ah of Korean Air — suggests a sterner approach from the courts in recent years....
...Kim Hyun-suk, vice-president of visual display, and Jun Young-hyun, vice-president of memory chips, became presidents while Lee Yun-tae, vice-president of the LCD business, became the president of affiliate...
...I call it the [Kim] Kardashian effect.” It is a style of applying make-up, that, like the reality TV star herself, is not without its critics....
...“Tomorrow’s sun will rise,” reads one of the messages on a digital display spanning Seoul’s Mapo Bridge, aimed at dissuading desperate citizens from hurling themselves into the river below....
...Finance minister Hyun Oh-seok recently said South Korea needed policy support for economic growth....
...December 17 2011 The death of Kim Jong-il leads to mass mourning and the elevation of his third son, Kim Jong-eun, to be the country’s leader....
...Kim Jong-eun also met Hyun Jeong-eun, chairwoman of Hyundai Group, although she said they did not have time for a proper conversation....
...However, Kwon Young-sun at Nomura International believes that Korea will not experience a repeat of the 2008 global crisis....
...Earlier this year, it had seemed Lee Myung-bak, the president, could try to engineer a summit to keep North Korea sweet during Seoul’s year in the sun....
...September 2010: Kim anoints his youngest son Kim Jong-eun as successor. May 2011: Kim Jong-il and China’s leaders vow that their alliance “sealed in blood” will pass on to their successors....
...“Power should not be concentrated into one ministry,” said Kim Sun-bin, at the Samsung Economic Research Institute....
...That will happen when Kim Jong-il verifiably gets rid of his weapons programmes and his weapons.”...
...“We maintain our cautious stance on growth with overall softer exports trend,” said Kim Sun-bae of Goldman Sachs....
...Dae-jung and President Roh Moo-hyun ■ 2001 – Chef de cabinet to Han Seung-soo, president of the UN General Assembly ■ 2000 – Vice foreign minister, oversaw the preparations for South Korea’s hosting of...
...Bush and Roh Moo-hyun, his South Korean counterpart, will meet in Washington next week. A defining moment could, however, occur this week if Mr Kim visits Beijing....
...Sun-woong at the Centre for Good Corporate Governance....
...But Kim Sun-woong, head of the Centre for Good Corporate Governance in Seoul, is sceptical about how much progress can be made....
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