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...A convicted former minister vowing revenge against conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol has helped deliver a resounding defeat to the South Korean leader in parliamentary elections....
...But last week, the leader of Yoon’s People Power party, former justice minister Han Dong-hoon, acknowledged that the gift could “be a matter of public concern”....
...“China’s rise is likely to erode Korea’s economic growth and competitiveness in the medium to long term,” said Park Chong-hoon, head of research at Standard Chartered in Seoul....
...On Wednesday, the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol promised to lower property taxes and ease regulation to boost the sector....
...Oh said he had made representations to Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s conservative president-elect, about the need for new incentives....
...“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....
...“Many Chinese businesses are manufacturing intermediate goods, which we mainly export,” Rhee Chang-yong, the governor of the Bank of Korea, told lawmakers last month....
...“Many Chinese businesses are manufacturing intermediate goods, which we mainly export,” Rhee Chang-yong, the governor of the Bank of Korea, told lawmakers in May....
...I have to get permission from my boss six hours before working overtime,” said Chang, who did not want her full name to be published....
...South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared a period of national mourning after at least 151 people died and scores more were injured in a crush at a popular Seoul nightlife district on Saturday night...
...South Korea will take steps to spur capital inflows and increase dollar liquidity, president Yoon Suk-yeold said, as the won continued its slide in the face of the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening...
...President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday warned of a looming “economic crisis”, saying: “Our lawn currently lies in the path of the typhoon.”...
...“The tribunal ruled that our government violated its duty of providing fair treatment by delaying its approval for Lone Star’s sale of KEB to Hana Bank,” South Korean justice minister Han Dong-hoon told...
...It was the country’s 15th missile test of the year, and the first since Tuesday’s inauguration of South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol....
...“The virus and war impacted Korean domestic consumption and investment, but exports were strong, driving Q1 growth,” said Park Chong-hoon, head of Korea research at Standard Chartered....
...The growing North Korean military threat highlights the foreign policy challenges faced by Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s conservative president-elect, who has vowed to take a hard line against the nuclear-armed...
...Chang Jung-hoon, an analyst at Samsung Securities, calculated that a 10 per cent rise in nickel prices will lead to a 2.4 per cent rise in the cathode price....
...“Korea’s economic policy is ultimately run by its technocrats, and they run the system in a clean and stable way,” says Park Chong-hoon....
...Oetzel and fellow academic Chang Hoon Oh, now at the University of Kansas, used Twain’s maxim as the epigraph to a 2014 paper, the first large-scale empirical study of how businesses develop unique capabilities...
...Im Chang-hoon, a 30-year-old office worker who had travelled more than an hour from Seoul with his girlfriend to the drive-in, said the outing was a welcome release from boredom....
...“The number of offences committed and amount of smuggled goods are not small,” said Judge Oh Chang-hoon....
...“Our customer is asking for steep price cuts as they tighten their belts,” said Lee Dong-hoon, the company’s president. “But our margins are already quite low so I am not sure how to cope with this.”...
...But Yoo Chang-keun, a South Korean businessman, has a cautionary tale....
...“Mr Suh is the key strategist for the upcoming negotiations,” says Cheong Seong-chang, a researcher at the Sejong Institute....
...“There will probably be many small-cap IPOs this year as the government tries to prop up the Kosdaq market,” said Choi Chang-gyu at NH Investment & Securities....
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