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...The lawmaker, who was instrumental in passing the K-Chips Act this year to boost tax credits for companies investing in chip manufacturing in South Korea, said the country had to address what she described...
...“Cho was like the original K-pop idol, with looks, intelligence and morality on his side,” said Lee....
...German and Austrian authorities foiled possible attacks by terrorists linked to Isis-K on Christian religious sites during the Christmas period....
...Christian Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Gucci have already had the Hollywood treatment: there will be more to come....
...The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K Albright is on show at Freeman’s|Hindman New York from 2 to 6 May; live auction, 7 May; online auction, 8 May...
...A K-pop concert that had been due to be held at the campsite on Sunday has been postponed to Friday....
...Last week, Lee Soo-man and Hybe chair Bang Si-hyuk issued a joint statement promising to grow both companies so as to “enhance K-pop’s global competitiveness” and to pursue Lee’s vision of establishing K-pop...
...Chinese tourism dried up, K-dramas were no longer picked up by Chinese TV stations and Korean brands were boycotted....
...Shares of the country’s four biggest K-pop agencies — Hybe, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment — have all gone up by at least a third this year, double the Kospi’s advance and outperforming...
...Analysts estimate that Hybe and SM together would account for two-thirds of K-pop album and digital music sales....
...Hybe, the agency behind K-pop superstars BTS, announced on Sunday that it would “discontinue the acquisition process” of SM, stating that the market was “showing signs of overheating” owing to its battle...
...Against this more subdued economic backdrop, Vuitton’s chief executive Pietro Beccari — who was appointed from LVMH’s Christian Dior Couture in January — now faces the dual challenges of continuing to grow...
...In 2005 Park established K Auction; her two sons run Gallery Hyundai and K Auction respectively....
...“One of our key strengths has been our relationship with K-pop companies,” said Kang....
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...It operates a licensing model, forming partnerships with luxury fashion brands and leading K-pop agencies....
...The community is split between Bell Village, staunchly Christian and upwardly mobile, and the barracks, where the Hindu workers scratch a subsistence living....
...But two important bills aimed at bolstering it, known as the K-Chips Acts, are still pending in parliament....
...Paul Volcker’s last name does not start with a K. However, the then chair of the US Federal Reserve is probably the largest contributor to Carter’s defeat....
...Patrick Bringley So, yes, we are heading into, in my day, this was Section K-1....
...Additional reporting by Christian Davies in Seoul...
...In essence, Goldman is essentially what it was five years ago,” said Christian Bolu, a senior research analyst at Autonomous Research....
...The head of South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange has promised that its non-fungible tokens featuring K-pop stars BTS will be “eco-friendly” after a backlash from environmentally conscious young...
...Critics labelled his campaigning style “K-Trumpism”, after he praised a former authoritarian president responsible for the massacre of protesters as “good at politics”, and blamed feminists for South Korea...
Bitget was threatened with legal action by Korean boy band’s agency for promoting digital currency Army Coin
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