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...“There is no way that the UN Security Council can impose any fresh sanctions on the two countries,” said Cheong Seong-chang, a researcher at the Sejong Institute think-tank in Seoul....
...“For Hybe, acquiring SM can help it pick up the slack amid BTS’s hiatus,” said Park Seong-guk, an analyst at Kyobo Securities. “Hybe can increase its operating profit by 50 per cent by acquiring SM.”...
...Park Seong-guk, an analyst at Kyobo Securities, said that SM’s stable of artists would help Hybe as it contends with life without BTS, who are on hiatus while the idols complete their compulsory military...
...Their group chat showed that they just viewed women as objects of their sexual pleasure,” said Judge Kang Seong-soo. “Strict punishment is inevitable as the nature of their crimes is very serious.”...
...So said Alibaba founder Jack Ma of cloud computing nearly 10 years ago....
...Additional reporting by Ma Fangjing in Beijing, Kang Buseong in Seoul and Jackie Cai in Shanghai...
...“We opened in Beijing in 2005, but because of a lack of understanding of Chinese culture, we failed,” says Shin Seong-il, Ediya’s deputy chief executive. “So our motto now is: ‘Don’t hurry’.”...
...Unlike the outgoing governor, Lee Seong-tae, who spent more than 40 years at the central bank, Mr Kim is an outsider....
...The move is a nice kick-off for BoK governor Kim Choong Soo, a former Korean ambassador to the OECD who only took up his post in April....
...But most economists had warned ahead of Friday’s decision that raising rates would be premature and Lee Seong Tae, the central bank governor, kept the seven-day repurchase rate at 2 per cent....
...Kang Man-soo, finance minister, said last week that the government faces a growing need for tax cuts and increased fiscal spending....
...“Koreans are the most hard-working of all the countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD],” suggests Park Seong-Tae, editor of South Korea’s leading architecture...
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