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...Shin Dong-bin, chair of Korean retail giant Lotte Group, who received a suspended 30 month sentence in 2018 for bribery, will also receive a pardon....
...“Moon was elected on a mandate to reform and upgrade South Korean democracy, but he missed a golden opportunity,” says Stanford’s Gi-wook Shin....
...Shin Yul, professor of politics at Myongji University in Seoul, said next year’s polls looked set to be “dominated by populism”....
...Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, has touted the EV battery business as a growth driver for Asia’s fourth-biggest economy. Combined, the country’s battery producers plan to invest Won40tn by 2030....
...The administration of President Moon Jae-in has raised the basic state pension from Won200,000, while presidential candidates ahead of elections next year have vowed to unleash radical policies to combat...
...South Korean president Moon Jae-in has fired his chief economic policy adviser after a property speculation scandal sparked national outrage and pushed his approval ratings to record lows ahead of crucial...
...South Korean president Moon Jae-in’s popularity has fallen to a record low amid a resurgence in coronavirus infections in the country and criticism over his government’s slow vaccine procurement....
...The new rules “will sharply increase our liabilities”, Shin Chang-jae, chairman of Kyobo Life Insurance, told the FT, warning that South Korean companies did not have enough time to prepare compared with...
...“We are sending a signal to the North Korean elites,” says Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, one of the TJWG’s co-founders....
...Members of South Korea’s business community, including Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, lined up on Monday to pay tribute to Shin in Seoul....
...Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, signalled during a meeting with Donald Trump at the UN last September that Seoul would increase American weapons purchases....
...In mid-February, South Korean president Moon Jae-in, told the public that the worst would soon be over, when fewer than 30 cases had been reported....
...Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University in Seoul and a former government adviser, said the two sides were too far apart to reach a deal....
...It will be hard for Mr Moon to reverse the slide in his popularity unless the economy improves,” said Shin Yul, a professor of politics at Myongji University in Seoul....
...“It is wrong to assume that they can persuade North Korea with food aid to change its nuclear policy,” said Shin Beom-chul, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a think-tank....
...“They are in effect saying the same thing as the five sanctions are the most painful for North Korea,” said Shin Beom-chul, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies....
...“It will be a do-or-die, all-out war,” Kang Shin-pyo, head of the union of taxi drivers, told reporters....
...“Tycoons such as Lee Jae-yong and Shin Dong-bin have been released from jail and Mr Moon is embracing them for economic growth....
...“If we cannot fix it, we cannot call this society a just one,” said Moon Jae-in, the country’s president. Analysts and observers say the scandal has raised deeper questions about Korean society....
...In August, Samsung outlined a $160bn three-year investment months after its de facto chief, Lee Jae-yong, was released from prison with a suspended sentence....
...Lee Jae-yong, chief of Samsung, and Shin Dong-bin, chairman of retail group Lotte, both received suspended jail sentences this year, despite being convicted of paying bribes to Park’s confidante....
...“Most of us are keen to go back once sanctions are lifted,” said Shin Han-yong, chairman of an association of Kaesong companies....
...Mr Kim told South Korean President Moon Jae-in last year that he would welcome a papal visit....
...Attention in South Korea is now likely to switch to the final appeal of Lee Jae-yong, the de facto chief of Samsung....
...The reunions of about 93 families from South Korea follow an agreement between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in at an April summit....
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