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...According to local media reports, Yoon was also incensed by remarks made last week by PPP lawmaker and Han ally Kim Kyung-yul comparing the first lady to Marie Antoinette....
...Those artists, such as Nam June Paik, Lee Ufan and Lee Bul, and the efforts of galleries such as Hyundai and Kukje have stimulated first local, then global, collectors....
...Ki Hye-kyung, director of Busan Museum of Art, says there has been a mismatch between Korea’s wealth and its cultural infrastructure: “We should see the changes happening now as a kind of catch-up on other...
...He promoted Han Jong-hee, head of Samsung’s visual display business, to take charge of the new division....
...Kyung Kye-hyun, chief executive of affiliate Samsung Electro-Mechanics, will be the new head of its semiconductor business, while its consumer electronics and mobile divisions will merge under Han Jong-hee...
...business, has been promoted to run the newly merged consumer electronics and mobile divisions; Kyung Kye-hyun, chief of affiliate Samsung Electro-Mechanics, will head the chip business....
...“As a shareholder, we are concerned about the protracted legal wrangling and uncertainties,” said Park Yoo-kyung, an adviser at APG Asset Management, the Dutch pension fund....
...five-year plan to boost domestic production to reduce its heavy reliance on Japan for scores of key products, “substantial progress in localising key parts and materials” has been made, according to Che Kyung-hee...
...Her mother, Lee Myung-hee, widow of late chairman Cho Yang-ho, received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for a year, with a Won7m fine and a Won37m forfeit....
...“It will be a close contest as investors mull the positive and negative aspects of the deal,” said Park Yoo-kyung, a governance adviser at APG Asset Management....
...On Monday, Mr Cho’s wife, Lee Myung-hee, was called in for police questioning over claims she physically assaulted workers....
...This month, Kang Kyung-wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, said human rights would not be discussed at the meeting, which will focus on denuclearising North Korea....
...Lee Jeong-hee, a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, believes the Moon administration’s current tactics would make it difficult to achieve meaningful reform....
...Kim Kyung-hee, a 49-year-old owner of a convenience store, recently had to sack her part-time worker soon after the new wage came into effect....
...The notion was reiterated on Sunday by party spokesman Chun Hee-kyung, who said that a “nuclear balance” was the best way to ensure the security of South Korea....
...The court also handed jail sentences to Choi Kyung-hee, the university’s ex-president, and Namkung Gon, the university’s former head of admissions, for conspiring with Ms Choi in the admission process for...
...However, Kim Dong-sool, a professor of environmental studies at Kyung Hee University, criticised the government for rushing the process....
...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...
...Choi Kyung-sik, a former head of Samsung’s operations in Poland, was promoted to lead marketing efforts at the company’s mobile division....
...“Most of the pollutants come from our living environment but the government has been blaming cars, China and even cooking mackerel fish for years,” said Kim Dong-sool, a professor at Kyung Hee University...
...The daughter of Park Chung-hee, a strongman leader who ruled South Korea for 18 years until his assassination in 1979, she is the closest thing the country has to royalty....
...“Park’s government has not only not reformed [the economy] but has also failed to tackle key issues, such as household debt,” says Seo Bok-kyung, a politics expert at Sogang University....
...There is growing discontent over the economy and the government’s perceived economic policy failures,” said Suh Bok-kyung, a political researcher at Sogang University....
...Suh Kyung-bae used to raise eyebrows by turning up to business meetings sporting bright nail varnish....
...“These days, the benchmark interest rate is only 2 per cent, and the economy is slower than before,” says Choi Kyung-soo, KRX chairman and chief executive....
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