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...“They are growing faster than expected here, selling products at rock-bottom prices,” said Lee Seung-jin, a spokesperson for South Korea’s leading fashion platform Musinsa....
...Lee Soo-man’s legal representatives have denied the allegations. The FT was not able to reach him for comment....
...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...
...Soo-man....
...Hybe, which bought a 14.8 per cent stake from SM’s founder Lee Soo-man, also offered to purchase another 25 per cent from minority shareholders for a total of Won1.14tn ($900m)....
...On Thursday afternoon, SM’s co-chief executive Lee Sung-su — the nephew of Lee Soo-man’s late wife — accused the founder of forcing artists to preach about environmental sustainability while he avoided taxes...
...The 14.8 per cent stake purchase from SM’s founder, Lee Soo-man, will make Hybe the largest shareholder in SM....
...Chol Soo Lee, a handsome, charismatic Korean immigrant victim of injustice and horrific bad luck, is seen here in archive footage telling his own story, supplemented by readings from his memoir read in voiceover...
...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...
...SM co-chief executive Lee Sung-su — the nephew of founder Lee Soo-man’s late wife — plans to step down from the K-pop juggernaut in March, he announced via video amid a battle between two of South Korea’...
...Days later, he made waves with a decisive victory over SM’s founder, controlling shareholder and “chief producer”, Soo-man “SM” Lee....
...said Chan Lee, managing partner at Seoul-based Petra Capital Management....
...Pelosi met Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen during the visit and also met Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong earlier in the week....
...But Lee Sang-soo, of the Institute for Security and Development Policy think-tank in Stockholm, said that Beijing was “wary of any process that might lead to a rapprochement between Pyongyang and Washington...
...the company’s founder and controlling shareholder Soo-man “SM” Lee, who has stacked the music group’s board with relatives, childhood friends and other allies....
...Park Geun-hye’s mother, Yuk Young-soo, had been assassinated five years earlier during an attempt on the general’s life by North Korean sympathisers....
...During his nomination process earlier this year, Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo was forced to deny any involvement in the Lone Star case when working for the Texas fund’s Korean law firm....
...“The shift from extended families to nuclear, single-person households is happening too fast,” said Kim Jin-soo, professor of social welfare at Yonsei University....
...Lee Jae-soo, at the Federation of Korean Industries, said that while the allure of South Korean music and TV dramas had previously given the country’s consumer goods a cachet in China, local rivals were...
...Kwon Young-soo, LGES’s new chief executive, has predicted its share of the global market will eventually eclipse CATL’s....
...“Companies are mulling which is the better option,” said Lee Hang-koo, an adviser at Korea Automotive Technology Institute....
...“It can . . . send a false alarm to policymakers, potentially leading to decisions that are irreversible or undermine our interests,” said Rand’s Soo Kim....
...The collection, estimated at 13,000 pieces and valued as high as $2.7bn, includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Mark Rothko, as well as works by Korean artists Park Soo-keun and Lee Jung-seob....
...The personal collection includes masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso as well as celebrated Korean artists such as Park Soo-keun, Lee Jung-seop and Kim Whan-ki....
...Lee Ju-yeol, the Bank of Korea governor, said in February that cryptocurrency had no “intrinsic” value....
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