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...Laura BattleYeah, well, a non-fiction book called An Immense World by Ed Yong, and he’s a science reporter for The Atlantic....
...US companies have urged President Moon Jae-in of South Korea to release Samsung chair Lee Jae-yong from prison....
...“People said: ‘Oh poor you. You’re going to head an organisation that is going to be zeroed out.’ And Ray said: ‘Zeroed out? I’m going to grow it.’”...
...“You need to pick your spots,” said Dymon’s Mr Yong....
...“The timing of an investment plan now doesn’t mean Samsung hasn’t planned this out well in advance,” said Kim Rok-ho, an analyst at Hana Financial Investment....
...Travelling in a 200-member delegation to North Korea with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, Lee Jae-yong, the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, saw a billboard near Pyongyang Station that read “Science...
...“Most of us are keen to go back once sanctions are lifted,” said Shin Han-yong, chairman of an association of Kaesong companies....
...Lee Jung-rok’s factory on the outskirts of Seoul is silent....
...Kim Yong Chol, the most senior North Korean to visit the US since Jo Myong Rok, a vice-marshal, met Bill Clinton in 2000, carried a letter from Kim Jong Un for Mr Trump....
...His meeting with Mr Trump will be the first encounter between a North Korean official and a US leader since Jo Myong Rok, a vice-marshal, met President Bill Clinton at the White House in 2000....
...Kim Yong Chol is the highest-ranking North Korean to visit the US since Jo Myong Rok, a vice-marshal, met President Bill Clinton in 2000....
...What is the significance of Kim Yong Chol visiting the US?...
...“If anybody is going to protect Kim Jong Un, it is Kim Yong Chol.”...
...“Samsung will find it hard to gain public support for Lee Jae-yong's decision to remain as a board director even though he was convicted of bribery."...
...At the company’s board meeting on Tuesday, Lee Sang-hoon, its CFO, was named as the next board chairman to replace Kwon Oh-hyun, who will step down in March....
...The shake-up is aimed at easing concerns about a leadership vacuum, which was exacerbated earlier this month when Kwon Oh-hyun, head of the booming chip division who was helping to run the company during...
...Kwon Oh-hyun, who has run the chip division since 2012, is one of three chief executives who are jointly running the company following the conviction of Lee Jae-yong, Samsung’s de facto head, for corruption...
...Samsung Electronics were attempting to rally the troops as the South Korean conglomerate grappled with the prospect of a prolonged leadership vacuum, after the group’s billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong...
...Legal thriller: Lee Jae-yong, the imprisoned heir to a wealthy family dynasty, must fight to clear his name in this taut courtroom drama....
...But there was immediate concern about the future as well, with a generational change in leadership signalled by the shock resignation announced by chairman of the board Kwon Oh-hyun, who also leads the group...
...But that has not stopped Kwon Oh-hyun, one of Samsung Electronics’ three chief executives, from stepping down, citing an “unprecedented crisis”....
...Kwon Oh-hyun, the company’s chief executive, said at the annual shareholder meeting on Friday that Samsung continued to review “all the options from multiple perspective, including legal, tax and strategic...
...Chin-Tai Kim Professor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, US Yeomin Yoon Professor of Finance and International Business, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, US...
...Kwon Oh-hyun, chief executive, said at the annual shareholder meeting on Friday that Samsung was assessing options for structural change, but that the process had “revealed certain adverse implications in...
...A shift to a welfare state is a daunting challenge that cannot be realised without raising taxes comprehensively,” said Oh Suk-tae, economist at Société Générale....
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