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...Yang Uk, a defence expert at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, added that South Korea has also been “much more generous than other weapons exporters in terms of funding”, with state export...
...Beijing’s new tack comes as the European Commission explores ways to “de-risk” its economic relationship by reducing its dependence on raw materials from China and limiting the export of cutting-edge technology...
...“China has honed its LFP skills for decades,” said Sun Yang-kook, professor of energy engineering at Hanyang University in Seoul....
...The banks apparently took Hwang’s words at face value as they entered into leveraged derivatives trades with Hwang’s family office, Archegos Capital Management....
...Kim has taken a different tack. The art is all his own, not Byucksan’s, and he has decided against building it a dedicated home. “I have designed the museum twice already....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] In the US yesterday, authorities charged Bill Hwang with securities fraud and racketeering. Hwang is the founder of Archegos Capital Management....
...The FT’s Thomas Hale and Yuan Yang report from the country where cue-sports have been embraced like no other....
...Mr Yang said city officials were working with police to try and block the protests because the risks were “so high”....
...Instead, Mr Yang dangled the prospect of saving the all-but-forgotten trade war truce signed in January....
...In the coming year, a number of books map out how to change tack....
...Yet Seoul’s continued difficulty in controlling new outbreaks demonstrates that governments need a persistent state of vigilance and a willingness to change tack as they attempt to reopen their societies...
...The changes in tack might be wise to protect patients with mild symptoms and help reduce the burden on healthcare systems....
...Singapore avoided strict lockdown measures such as those seen in China and across Europe until April 7, after a jump in infections forced the country to change tack....
...But last Friday, the company abruptly changed tack, admitting that workers became ill after handling toxic chemicals, apologising and offering compensation of up to Won150m ($132,000) to each of the workers...
...But despite its reach and financial war chest, Didi says it is making “very low” profits — and has no plans to change tack in the medium term....
...After a year of missile tests that brought the peninsula to the brink of war, the North Korean leader has in recent months changed tack by offering diplomatic overtures to both Seoul and Washington....
...Additional reporting by Xinning Liu and Yingzhi Yang...
...“I don't see this as something the government will give up and they certainly don’t want Alibaba and Tencent to grow more powerful than they are now,” said Anne Stevenson-Yang, head of J-Capital Research...
...Shipping lines’ ability to change tack will be put to the test....
...Companies are also creating tools that can give campaigns access to data on the fly — to help them with canvassing on the doorstep, or to enable a change of tack if sentiment is not going their way....
...Hwang Ki-tae, a 53-year old staffer on Hyundai’s transmission production line, has spent the last 30 years at Hyundai....
...Also in the North Korean party was Kim Yang Gon, head of the United Front Department, which oversees inter-Korean affairs....
...Labour has distinguished itself by changing tack before campaigning has begun. A government-in-waiting, if that is what the party is, should be better at scenario planning....
...“If you think of North Korea’s nature as an isolated nationalistic economy, Kaesong is a project that cannot be sustained,” says Hwang Byung-duk at Korea Institute for National Unification....
...Their tack is to be based in South Korea to avoid characterisation as predators repatriating profits abroad....
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