Category Archives: FT

Seoul food aims for top table

Posted on 15 May 2009 by admin

By Christian Oliver http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b56f1ae0-417d-11de-bdb7-00144feabdc0.html Published: May 15 2009 19:28 | Last updated: May 15 2009 19:28 Across the world, every octopus should be quaking in his rock-pool; Korean chefs are going global. By 2017, we will not just be dialling … Continue reading →

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Gulag horrors and showstoppers

Posted on 17 April 2009 by admin

By Christian Oliver http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7b613b4c-2ae6-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html Published: April 17 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 17 2009 03:00 On entering North Korea’s brutal gulags, inmates have to sign a declaration that they will never tell anyone what goes on there. Jung Sung-san … Continue reading →

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Korean actress’s suicide letter sparks sex-for-favours anger

Posted on 31 March 2009 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6851b7d2-1d8c-11de-9eb3-00144feabdc0.html South Koreans who watched Jang Ja-yeon playing an alluring villain twice a week in the nation’s favourite soap opera assumed the 26-year-old star had it all. But since she hanged herself from banisters this month, the country has had … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from New Malden

Posted on 17 January 2009 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5e3f800e-e050-11dd-9ee9-000077b07658.html Matthew Engel Huge flocks of ring-necked parakeets have made their home in Surrey over the past few years. These are exotic Asian birds which have either charmed the locals by adding colour and diversity to the landscape, or irritated … Continue reading →

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Slower pace would help Seoul to grow faster

Posted on 6 August 2008 by admin

Anna.Fifield Financial Times August 6 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b22cb0a-63d2-11dd-844f-0000779fd18c.html In South Korea, there is only one speed: full throttle. Buildings go up almost overnight, trends pass no sooner than they have arrived and presidents’ approval ratings drop from 70 to 20 per … Continue reading →

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When death is a reminder to live

Posted on 21 July 2008 by admin

By Anna Fifield Published: July 21 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8475c5e-574a-11dd-916c-000077b07658.html Standing in front of a flower-covered altar in a dimly lit room, Baek Kyung-ah is reading out her will at her own funeral. “I can’t believe today is my last day,” she … Continue reading →

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Architects bid to restore ‘soul of Seoul’

Posted on 14 July 2008 by admin

By Anna Fifield in Seoul Published: July 14 2008 Vision of the future: an artist’s impression of the Yongsan development, which will be sited close to the Han river and two big train stations Hardly one of Asia’s most aesthetically … Continue reading →

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Tesco buys 36 stores in South Korea for £1bn

Posted on 15 May 2008 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/13c3d76c-2216-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.html By Elizabeth Rigby in London and Song Jung-a in Seoul Published: May 15 2008 03:00 | Last updated: May 15 2008 03:00 Tesco is breaking its decade-long pursuit of overseas organic growth, with a record cash purchase of a … Continue reading →

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‘The point was to be part of nature’

Posted on 10 May 2008 by admin

By Mark Ellwood Published: May 10 2008 01:50 | Last updated: May 10 2008 01:50 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d0193fa-1ca3-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.html Businessman Kim Chang-il accrued a billion dollar fortune in restaurants, real estate and retail in Cheonan, Korea, then used his wealth to build one … Continue reading →

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Leading executives quit in Samsung upheaval

Posted on 23 April 2008 by admin

By Song Jung-a in Seoul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0572e31c-10d0-11dd-b8d6-0000779fd2ac.html Published: April 23 2008 03:00 | Last updated: April 23 2008 03:00 Samsung, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, suffered the biggest upheaval in its corporate history yesterday when four of its top executives, including the … Continue reading →

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