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...Min Ji-hee, a credit analyst at Mirae Asset Global Investments, said a timely response from the government had helped ease market concerns, although there could be a short-term increase in credit spreads...
...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....
...How on earth Dr Kim can be expected to steer a department when she can’t even control her unruly adopted daughter, Ju-Hee (Everly Carganilla) is one question....
...In January 2006, a 23-year-old Korean singer called Jung Ji-hoon — otherwise known as Rain — played two concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York....
...Lee Sung-hee, a lawyer for Sarang Jeil, said the anti-government rallies last month were aimed at “protecting the constitution”....
...“We think it is inappropriate for the US to use Section 232 against us since we have already addressed US concerns,” said Kim Jang-hee, an official at Seoul’s trade ministry....
...The 1965 treaty was signed by authoritarian ruler Park Chung-hee and sparked such public outrage at the time that US officials recommended Park introduce martial law in response....
...“These victims put everything on the line to come forward,” said Lee Joo-hee, a sociology professor at Ewha Womans University....
...An Hee-jung, a prominent liberal politician seen as a potential presidential candidate, apologised for his alleged sexual misconduct, admitting that his sexual relationship with the secretary was not consensual...
...The decision also raises questions about Mr Lee’s plans to officially take over the business from his ailing father, chairman Lee Kun-hee, who has been incapacitated since a heart attack in 2014....
...After attending a prestigious high school in Busan, he studied law at Kyung Hee University, where he organised protests against the regime of strongman Park Chung-hee — the father of the recently impeached...
...Mr Lee has been leading the group since his father and chairman Lee Kun-hee was incapacitated by a heart attack in 2014....
...Mr Moon has appointed two corporate governance crusaders to take on the chaebol: Kim Sang-jo and Jang Ha-sung....
...Choi Ji-sung and Jang Choong-ki, two other Samsung executives, are facing questioning as witnesses. Additional reporting by Kang Buseong...
..."The arrest has no immediate impact on the credit rating of Samsung Electronics," said Shelley Jang, director of Asia-Pacific Corporates at Fitch Ratings on Friday....
...“Talk about harsh treatment of protesters is nonsense,” says Chu Seon-hee, secretary-general of the Korea Parents’ Federation, a conservative group....
...It was the main sponsor of the soap opera My Love from the Star, whose female lead Jeon Ji-hyun sparked a buying craze in China. Yet he is cautious about relying on the phenomenon....
...“Such reform would be possible only when the president has a strong determination to do so but this is unlikely,” said Kim Ji-yoon, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies....
...He is also alleged to have feuded with Ms Park’s younger brother, Park Ji-man....
...Under the charismatic Lee Kun-hee, the group has become the world’s largest technology company by sales....
...This is highly related to the influence of celebrities and the ‘Korean wave’,” says Kim Min-ji, research analyst at Euromonitor, referring to the influence of Korean films, soap operas and “K-Pop” idols....
...“Her biggest achievement is perhaps her approval rating,” says Kim Ji-yoon, an analyst at the Asan Institute....
...“The family needs to secure funds to prepare for the succession by listing group units in which Lee Jae-yong has large holdings,” said Kim Jang-won, an analyst at IBK Investment & Securities....
...Her approach has drawn fire from critics who accuse her of following the authoritarian precedent of her father, the military dictator Park Chung-hee....
...“There was a compromise between government and the industrial sector,” said Lee Ji-soo, a lawyer at the Centre for Good Corporate Governance in Seoul....
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