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...“There is no genre limitation in webtoons, and the genres are very diverse,” said Jang Min-gi, professor of media communications at Kyungnam University....
...That made Moon’s acquiescence last year in the early release of Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, who was serving a prison sentence for bribing Park Geun-hye, all the more disappointing for reformers....
...“The financial crisis convinced policymakers that there was a limit to what could be achieved through the manufacture of physical goods,” says Yong Kwon of the Korea Economic Institute of America....
...Thae Yong Ho, a former senior North Korean diplomat and high-profile defector, suggested that despite Kim Pyong Il’s long absence, he loomed as a challenger, favoured by senior officials....
...“Kim has purged twice and later executed his uncle, Jang Song Taek. He also had purged [military official] Choe Ryong Hae in 2017, and others.”...
...One person familiar with the relationship said Jang was also close to Kim Jong Nam, which may have contributed to his demise....
...Kim Yong Chol is undergoing hard labour in Jagang province after his dismissal, the newspaper said....
...Thae Yong Ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain, became the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea in 2016....
...However, her luck ran out in 2013 when Kim Jong Un had her husband — Jang Song Thaek — executed for treason. Kim Kyong Hui has not been seen since....
...A court in South Korea has found Lee Jae-yong, the vice-chairman and de facto head of the country’s largest company, Samsung, guilty of corruption in a watershed moment for the east Asian nation as it seeks...
...“We forecast that Chinese people will not come for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics due to the overall tepid atmosphere in China,” says Jang Yoo-jae, head of the Korea Culture and Tourism organisation....
...The political power is serving the interests of Lee Jae-yong's family."...
...Choi Ji-sung and Jang Choong-ki, two other Samsung executives, are facing questioning as witnesses. Additional reporting by Kang Buseong...
...“With the earlier execution of Jang Sung Taek . . ....
...Mr Moon has appointed two corporate governance crusaders to take on the chaebol: Kim Sang-jo and Jang Ha-sung....
...“This scandal is a typical example of crony capitalism,” said Choi Jang-jip, emeritus professor of politics at Korea University....
...The GRB, headed by hawkish party secretary Kim Yong-chol, is in charge of intelligence gathering and espionage missions against South Korea....
...In May they reported that defence minister Hyon Yong Chol had been executed by anti-aircraft fire....
...In May, Seoul’s spy agency said North Korea’s defence minister Hyon Yong-chol had been executed by anti-aircraft fire....
...Hyon Yong Chol, 66, had enjoyed a rapid rise under Mr Kim: relatively unknown when he was promoted to vice-marshal in 2012, he became one of Pyongyang’s top officials last year with a ministerial position...
...After seven months Mr Kim replaced Ri Yong Ho, a top officer analysts believed had been assigned by Kim Jong Il to mentor his son during his first days in power....
...Jang Song Thaek, Mr Kim’s uncle and top adviser who had led economic engagement with China, was accused of “selling off precious resources of the country at cheap prices” before his execution for treason...
...“The family needs to secure funds to prepare for the succession by listing group units in which Lee Jae-yong has large holdings,” said Kim Jang-won, an analyst at IBK Investment & Securities....
...While Lee Byung-gi, nominee to head the national spy agency, has apologised for his involvement in a political graft scandal....
...At the crest were TV serials such as Dae Jang-geum (Jewel in the Palace) of 2003....
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