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...“Disgruntled investors, sick of decades of trapped value, are finally awakening to shareholder activism,” said Kang Sung-boo, the head of KCGI, who pioneered local activist campaigns against companies including...
...Sung Il-jong, a ruling People Power party lawmaker, said that the repatriation proved that “the Moon administration was a friend of the Kim Jong Un regime”....
...Jo Sung-je, an office worker, was even more damning....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul...
...Additional reporting by Hudson Lockett in Hong Kong and Song Jung-a and Kang Buseong in Seoul...
...“Acquiring technologies related to digital humans, immersive devices and visual effects is now crucial for future competitiveness in the shift to the metaverse,” says CJ ENM’s chief executive Kang Ho-sung...
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...“People have started losing their means of livelihood,” Kang said....
...They have a lot of money,” said Im Han-kyu, a 55-year-old cleaner. “This wouldn’t make a big difference to their livelihoods because money makes money.”...
...Lee Sung-hee, a lawyer for Sarang Jeil, said the anti-government rallies last month were aimed at “protecting the constitution”....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong...
...Sung Mi-kyung, a researcher at the culture ministry, says Korea’s new status as a “cultural superpower” has boosted its brand value overseas immensely....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and Song Jung-a in Seoul...
...The North Korean leader’s weeks-long absence from the public spotlight — which including missing an important anniversary for Kim Il Sung, his grandfather and the country’s founder — led to fevered speculation...
...Domestically, the state’s propagandists have continued to promote juche — the core doctrine of self-reliance developed by Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of Kim Jong Un, the current leader....
...Cho Sung-il, a professor in chronic disease epidemiology at Seoul National University, says such pooled exercises could help in testing a much greater percentage of those people with the highest number of...
...Korean Air will be the first one to fall off the cliff” and the business not survive said Kang Sung-boo, president of Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund, the largest shareholder in Korean Air’s...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and Edward White...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing Follow Demetri Sevastopulo on Twitter: @dimi...
...“This is an unprecedented scandal,” said Kang Tae-kyu, a pop culture critic in Seoul. “It will cause irreparable damage to K-pop’s image.”...
...“On top of the expected financial gains, it is worth noting the union’s flexible attitude that took into account the external circumstances,” Kang Sung-jin, an analyst at KB Securities, wrote in a research...
...Additional reporting by Song Jung-a and Kang Buseong...
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