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...The meeting took place despite condemnation from the government of President Moon Jae-in, a human rights lawyer, of Myanmar’s February coup and subsequent violence against protesters....
...Being on vacation cannot be an excuse,” Yoo Seung-min, a high-profile former lawmaker from Yoon’s conservative ruling People’s Power party, wrote on Facebook on Thursday....
...Investors have also raised questions about Samsung’s growth strategy in the wake of group scion Lee Jae-yong’s release from prison and US tour last year....
...The strong guidance came as controversy mounted over whether Samsung’s leader Lee Jae-yong should be released from prison....
...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....
...Yang Seung-tae, who headed the Supreme Court in 2011-2017, is accused of exerting his influence over politically sensitive trials in exchange for support from former president Park Geun-hye in setting up...
...At the centre of a scandal are two of South Korea’s biggest stars: Lee Seung-hyun, the 28-year-old singer and entrepreneur better known as Seungri; and Jung Joon-young, 30, another singer and actor....
...Japan’s measures will harm third countries,” warned Kim Seung-ho, deputy minister for multilateral and legal affairs at South Korea’s ministry of trade, industry and energy....
...Since the election of liberal President Moon Jae-in last year, many of South Korea’s institutions have tacked to the left....
...Travelling in a 200-member delegation to North Korea with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, Lee Jae-yong, the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, saw a billboard near Pyongyang Station that read “Science...
...“External trade volume fell significantly with the exports ban on coal, steel, fisheries and textile products,” said Shin Seung-cheol, a bank official who leads the national accounts data team....
...Yoo Seung-min, analyst at Samsung Securities heading the brokerage’s recently created North Korea research team, said: “We see growing demand for research about North Korea.”...
...“We had high expectations for Mr Moon’s policy of creating a fair economy and income-led growth,” says Choi Seung-jae, chairman of the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise....
...Such concerns have made South Korean officials, particularly President Moon Jae-in, eager for North Korean athletes to join the games....
...Overseeing the brutal attack was Kim Seung-youn, who later told police he intervened to deliver “several hooks”....
...“It is not technically impossible and could boost energy security,” said Kang Seung-kyung, an analyst at Korea Investment & Securities....
...Lee Seung-woo, an analyst at Eugene Investment and Securities, estimates that by 2020, autonomous driving will require 4,000 gigabytes of data per car per day, which “means huge memory capacity”....
...“Samsung's real reputational risk comes from Lee Jae-yong,” said Kim Young-woo, an analyst at SK Securities....
...Samsung Electronics projected its best quarterly operating profit in more than three years thanks to solid component sales, shrugging off turmoil at home where the conglomerate’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong...
...Missing from Friday’s list of beneficiaries were Kim Seung-yeon, chairman of Hanwha Group, Chey Jae-won, vice-chairman of SK Group, and Koo Bon-sang, vice-chairman of LIG Nex1....
...“Things will get better from next year as oil prices are forecast to rise above $60 a barrel,” says Choi Jae-hyung, analyst at Nomura....
...“Profitability of smartphones seems to have weakened further than expected while display margins were further squeezed by oversupply,” said Lee Seung-woo, an analyst at IBK Investment & Securities....
...Kim Seung-youn, chairman of Hanwha Group – one of South Korea’s largest chaebol conglomerates – was given a four-year jail sentence and $4.5m fine in August last year, after being convicted of misusing company...
...Ms Park, of the ruling centre-right New Frontier party, will become her country’s first female leader in February after a convincing election victory against her liberal rival, Moon Jae-in....
...These include Kim Seung-youn, chairman of Hanwha, who was jailed last August but released temporarily this month on grounds of ill health....
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