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...Included in the permanent displays are Korean jewellery artists such as Kim Seunghee and Yun Sang-hee, and traditional Korean jewellery items such as norigae pendants....
...Tokyo insists that all reparation issues were resolved by a treaty signed between Japan and the government of authoritarian South Korean president Park Chung-hee in 1965....
...Min Ji-hee, a credit analyst at Mirae Asset, cautioned that the credit squeeze could worsen if the BoK opted for another outsized rate increase later this month....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul...
...Kim Jeong-hee, an attorney representing victims, said the offer stood in direct conflict with the court’s decision....
...“We are sending a signal to the North Korean elites,” says Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, one of the TJWG’s co-founders....
...Lee Kun-hee died in October, setting the stage for his son to formally take control....
...“When I heard the verdict, I was filled with emotion,” said Kim Kang-won, a lawyer representing the women, seven of whom have died....
...Lee Sung-hee, a lawyer for Sarang Jeil, said the anti-government rallies last month were aimed at “protecting the constitution”....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong...
...Lee Jae-yong has led the company since 2014, when his father, chairman Lee Kun-hee, suffered a heart attack....
...“The outbreak of the disease was caused by a devil that wants to block Shincheonji’s rapid rise,” said Lee Man-hee, founder of the church group, in a letter to followers....
...think the ruling will spur a broader investigation into whether top Samsung executives orchestrated moves to transfer power at Samsung Electronics to vice-chairman Lee Jae-yong, son of ailing chair Lee Kun-hee...
...It was set up in 1984 by Lee Man-hee, who is revered as a messiah by his followers....
...Yoo Myung-hee, South Korean trade minister, on Wednesday described the restrictions as a “discriminatory act directly targeting South Korea, and it was politically motivated”....
...On Monday, Lee Man-hee, the 88-year-old founder and leader of the secretive church, bowed before national television in a gesture of remorse....
...“There has certainly been an increase in the number of women and girls being trafficked into cybersex from 10 years ago when the practice was virtually non-existent,” said Yoon Hee-soon, the report’s author...
...Mr Creamer says the term “revitalisation” is pejorative in South Korea as the translation — yushin — elicits memories of the authoritarian “Yushin reforms” of former South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee....
...Months after the payment Samsung received a presidential pardon from Lee for its chairman Lee Kun-hee, who was at that point serving a suspended sentence for tax evasion....
...This month, Kang Kyung-wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, said human rights would not be discussed at the meeting, which will focus on denuclearising North Korea....
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