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...When Korean television drama Dae Jang Geum aired in Thailand in 2005, demand for Korean food boomed in the country....
...The selection of Jang Ha-sung, an economic professor at the prestigious Korea University in Seoul, is likely to contribute to fears at the country’s dominant family-run conglomerates — known as the chaebol...
...Mr Moon has appointed two corporate governance crusaders to take on the chaebol: Kim Sang-jo and Jang Ha-sung....
...(When senior official Jang Song Thaek, uncle of the current leader, was executed in 2013, the depravity of which he was accused included “being wined and dined at back parlours of deluxe restaurants”.)...
..."The arrest has no immediate impact on the credit rating of Samsung Electronics," said Shelley Jang, director of Asia-Pacific Corporates at Fitch Ratings on Friday....
...But South Korea is “leading the issue”, claims Lee Sang-kug, deputy director of ICT policy at Seoul’s future planning ministry....
...At the crest were TV serials such as Dae Jang-geum (Jewel in the Palace) of 2003....
...“In those countries they don’t want to see women in short skirts,” explainsJo Han-sang, an overseas distribution executive at KBS....
...Or consider Seoul Fashion Week, which ended on March 30, having featured an array of established and upcoming designers such as Shin Jang Kyoung, Kimseoryong, and Munsoo Kwon....
...He allegedly received Won600m ($550,000) in cash from his uncle, Lee Sang-eun, to fund the purchase....
..., and blocked traffic in the surrounding streets: an unusual gesture that reflects the delight of South Korean public officials at the international success of the musician, whose real name is Park Jae-sang...
...We were served chung gook jang or fermented soy bean stew, which is famous for its strong smell....
...“Words like Americano and other foreign words on the menu make life tough for us,” says Park Sang-hak, who now works for a human rights group after fleeing Kim Jong-il’s dictatorship....
...Hwang Jang-yop, a former senior communist official and North Korea’s most high-profile defector, says the monks at temples there are “fakes”....
...“Domestic M&A will become active in the second half as restructuring becomes inevitable,” said Park Jang-ho, head of Korea Investment Banking at Citigroup....
...Lee Eun-sang, deputy director of Korea’s sexual violence relief centre, hoped the police inquiry would prove a landmark case in cracking down on abuse....
...“South-east Asia is the region we’ve been eyeing very closely,” Shin Sang-hoon, Shinhan’s chief executive, told the Financial Times....
...In the corporate sector, Lee Sang-soo, labour minister, concedes that Korea’s militant unions are hindering the country’s global competitiveness....
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