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...The likeness isn’t coincidental: cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo shot both films....
...Politik, a political analysis firm Tony’s picks of the week Against formidable odds, Kim Joo Kyung and Jang Hyeok managed to escape separately from North Korea. Then they got married....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul...
...“They need to deliver on their promise to improve [environmental, social and governance] standards,” said Park Yoo-kyung, an adviser at APG, a Dutch pension fund....
...Kang Eun-mi, a politician with the progressive Justice party, expects a new labour law to drive change....
...Foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha — a rare woman, well-liked, with a UN background — was replaced by Chung Eui-yong: the go-between who brought Kim and Trump together....
...Kang Kyung-wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, questioned why some governments were seeking to secure stocks of vaccine that far outweighed their populations’ needs, warning this could fuel “global disunity...
...China’s approval of Summoners War — a fantasy-themed role-playing game for smartphones — came a week after foreign minister Wang Yi met with his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha in Seoul....
...Sung Mi-kyung, a researcher at the culture ministry, says Korea’s new status as a “cultural superpower” has boosted its brand value overseas immensely....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and Edward White...
...Parasite was backed by the mogul Lee Mi-kyung, vice-chair of CJ Group, which owns Korea’s biggest entertainment group as well as interests in pharmaceuticals and retail....
...Kang Kyung-wha, the South Korean foreign minister, held an urgent meeting with the foreign diplomatic corps in Seoul on Friday afternoon to explain South Korea’s response to the virus and to urge the outside...
...Samsung vice-president Kang Kyung-hoon received the same prison sentence for his involvement. Samsung declined to comment on whether it will replace its board chairman or not....
...The two Russian Tu-95MS bombers, accompanied by two Chinese H-6’s, flew 9,000km in 11 hours together in an exercise that Moscow said was “not aimed against any third countries”, but will increase worries...
...“The industry needs to reinvent itself in the wake of this,” said Park Yoo-kyung, an adviser at APG Asset Management. Others agree....
...Park Yoo-kyung, governance adviser at APG Asset Management, said Hyundai would need to be “more careful” in preparing its next restructuring proposal to meet investor expectations....
...The senior statesman’s meetings with his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, and South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in put the spotlight on China’s use of trade to bolster or batter the economies of...
...Additional reporting by Song Jung-a and Kang Buseong...
...After a meeting with her Japanese counterpart Kono Taro in Bangkok, South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha told reporters that Seoul will have no option but to review the security relationship between...
...Kang Kyung-wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, told local media the latest missile launches “do not help” easing military tensions on the peninsula nor help momentum in resuming nuclear talks....
...The senior statesman’s relatively low-key meetings last week with his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, and later South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in did not result in any major pronouncements....
...Mr Biegun’s comments were quoted by Seoul’s foreign ministry from his meeting with Kang Kyung-wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, on Friday in Seoul, and came after the latest missile launches by North...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong...
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