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...“The Bank of Japan will likely now become even more cautious about any policy change,” said Min Joo Kang, senior economist for South Korea and Japan at ING, predicting that an interest rate increase could...
...Korean labour minister Lee Jung Sik, who has acknowledged a link between gender discrimination in the workplace and South Korea’s low birth rate, has outlined policies including a pilot scheme for public...
...Creative Artists Agency, the sports and entertainment talent manager that represents stars such as Son Heung-min, is changing hands....
...“We can resolve serious social problems like fast ageing and low birth rates by allowing women to choose their working hours more flexibly,” said labour minister Lee Jung-sik....
...“It is unlikely this will lead to large-scale insolvency of the corporate bond market,” Kang Min-joo, senior economist for Korea and Japan at ING, wrote in a report this week....
...“The financial crunch in the corporate debt market has now subsided due to the government’s response,” Min Joo Kang, senior economist for South Korea and Japan at ING, wrote in a note last week....
...The Hyundai deal could spur even more investment, according to Hye Min Kang, an investment specialist at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra), which opened an office in Atlanta this year....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong...
...Kim Seong-min, a defector and democracy activist in Seoul, notes that the bowibu has sharpened its tracking of defectors....
...With experience and greater resources, the rapid response teams’ capabilities have advanced significantly, according to Hwang Se-min, a doctor of preventive medicine turned Covid-19 investigator based at...
...[however] smuggling, especially at night-time, is continuing,” said Kim Seong Min, a former North Korean military official now based in Seoul....
...“We have nothing to confirm and there has been no unusual activity detected in North Korea,” said Kang Min-seok, a spokesperson for the presidential office in Seoul....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and Song Jung-a...
...Lower education and childcare costs could help, says Lee Sam-sik....
...Kang Jeong-min, a researcher with Solidarity for Economic Reform, said: “The conglomerates have done the minimum to trim cross-shareholding, which suggests they don’t have much appetite for truly improving...
...Kang Kyung-wha, South Korean foreign minister, said last week that her ministry is in discussions with the US over this matter, but later backtracked....
...Park Chun-sik, a cyber expert at Seoul Women’s University, said the untraceable and anonymous nature of bitcoin made it attractive to the regime. Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and David Bond...
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...Additional reporting by Song Jung-a and Kang Buseong...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul, Kathrin Hille in Moscow, Charles Clover in Beijing and Robin Harding in Tokyo...
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