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...Hong Nam-ki said on Monday that South Korea could “no longer discuss the issue just within ministries because of the recent active changes in the economic orders in the Asia-Pacific region, such as the applications...
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki said on Tuesday that curbing the rise in consumer prices was urgent to combat persistent inflationary pressure....
...He has launched an NFT project, a platform (still in beta) called Etnah, whose first drop was “Digital Bodyscape 76-3” by Lee Kun-Yong....
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki has also privately backed calls to allow Lee’s to return to management, according to people familiar with the matter. The ministry declined to comment....
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki blamed global supply chain disruptions for the sluggish production data and expected the November figures to improve on strong exports and a recovery in domestic consumption....
...His main rival has talked, less explicitly, about deregulation that probably amounts to the same thing: since mid-December, finance minister Hong Nam-ki has twice proposed changes to rules that would address...
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki also warned that the new Omicron coronavirus variant could exacerbate supply chain problems....
...Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader’s half-brother, was killed by a nerve agent at a Malaysian airport in early 2017....
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki said on Wednesday that the government would do its utmost to stem “excessive” inflation although the ministry expects inflation to moderate this month....
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki said earlier this month that the government was considering a sixth supplementary budget to shore up pandemic-hit businesses....
...Hong Nam-ki, finance minister, said on Wednesday the job market recovery had become more “evident”....
...The comments by Hong Nam-ki came as concerns grew over a shortage of vaccines and slow progress in the vaccine rollout as health authorities struggle to curb the rising number of infections....
...Tae Yong-ho says he was 14 years old when he first began to comprehend the true cruelty of the songbun, Kim Il Sung’s class system....
...Finance minister Hong Nam-ki expects the job market recovery to continue this month and vowed to focus on creating more high-quality jobs in the private sector....
...The personal collection includes masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso as well as celebrated Korean artists such as Park Soo-keun, Lee Jung-seop and Kim Whan-ki....
...The growth rate “proves the economy’s ability to recover is relatively solid,” finance minister Hong Nam-ki said on Facebook, although the weak job market remained a concern....
...Suh Ki-ho, a former judge and progressive politician, says the light sentence handed to Lee showed “tycoons are still above the law”, while the Korea Enterprises Federation says business was “gravely concerned...
...She has been groomed for power since her teens by North Korean propaganda master Kim Ki Nam, according to Michael Madden, a US expert in North Korean leadership....
...given the gloomy global economic outlook and uncertainties in containing the virus,” said Hong Nam-ki, the finance minister....
...“Things are so gloomy now that finding another job seems really difficult,” said Kim Jung-nam, a 58-year-old baggage handler subcontracting to Asiana Airlines, who lost his job this month....
...The country’s industrial output rose 0.4 per cent in November from the previous month, which finance minister Hong Nam-ki said on Monday was a “positive” sign that the economy may have hit bottom....
...Gan Kim Yong, health minister, conceded the country would have to continue tightening measures “from time to time” to slow down infection rates and maintain sufficient capacity in the healthcare system....
...“We have expected fiscal spending to play the supporting role in adding vitality to the private sector,” Hong Nam-ki told a group of foreign press reporters....
...Her grandfather, Yong Nam Seng, is Woh Hup’s chairman and her father, Yong Tiam Yoon, is his deputy....
...Hong Nam-ki, South Korea’s finance minister, said on Friday that it was “difficult” to continue to be recognised as a developing country given the country’s current economic standing....
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