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...(Simon Mundy) Flygskam goes French, but will the Riviera’s wealthy care?...
...Details Simon Usborne was a guest of Caledonian Sleeper (sleeper.scot)....
...Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister, said he would work with other nations to “strongly demand” that North Korea call off the launch, while Cho Tae-yong, a national security adviser to South Korean President...
...When South Korean trade unionists launched a campaign against labour law reforms, they did so by a statue of Jeon Tae-il....
...The latter find reflects the military’s extensive involvement in fishing and agriculture, as it is officially responsible for producing much of its own food, said Kwon Tae-jin, head of North Korea research...
...But when Kim and his fellow campaigner Kim Dae-jung both ran, the split allowed Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s chosen successor, to win the contest....
...simon.mundy@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Time to make chaebol families step aside / From Joonho Um...
...Chey Tae-won, scion of the SK group’s founding family, left prison on Friday after President Park Geun-hye included him in a list of pardons to mark the 70th anniversary of South Korea’s liberation from...
...Chey Tae-won, former leader of the SK group — the country’s third-biggest “chaebol”, or family-controlled conglomerate — has been serving a four-year jail term since January 2013....
...Testimony from defectors and visitors to North Korea suggests the reforms have been implemented in most agricultural communities but with extensive differences between regions, says Kwon Tae-jin, head of...
...• Simon Barrett has moved to Old Mutual Global Investors as head of Middle East and Nordic distribution....
...Additional reporting by Tae-jun Kang and Shin Ha-young...
...Additional reporting by Tae-jun Kang Letter in response to this report: Talented sheep are part of S Korean café society / From Olly Curtis...
...Additional reporting by Song Jung-a and Tae -jun Kang...
...Additional reporting by Tae-jun Kang...
...Ihm Jong-tae, who heads the creative economy centre run by SK, the country’s third-biggest chaebol, in the western city of Daejeon, says: “There aren’t many things that SK can do alone any more....
...Additional reporting by Tae-jun Kang Letter in response to this report: Abe’s speech shows Japan has no desire to tread old paths / From Seijiro Takeshita...
...“Healthcare people said Celltrion was insane,” says Kim Hyun-tae, analyst at KDB Daewoo Securities....
...The top earner of 2013 was Chey Tae-won, then chairman of SK Group, who was awarded bonuses of Won20.7bn on top of a Won9.4bn salary — despite spending almost the whole year in prison for stealing Won45bn...
...Talks without preconditions would “be the starting point for another failure”, says Kim Tae-hyo, former chief foreign policy adviser to Ms Park’s predecessor Lee Myung-bak....
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