Category Archives: FT

S Korea tries to clip wings of the chaebol

Posted on 4 February 2007 by admin

By Anna Fifield in Seoul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/708700b0-b4a7-11db-b707-0000779e2340.html Published: February 4 2007 23:43 | Last updated: February 4 2007 23:43 In the 1960s and 1970s, South Korea’s chaebol propelled the country’s explosive growth, helping to transform it from one of the world’s … Continue reading →

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Lone Star takes KEB dividend

Posted on 2 February 2007 by admin

By Song Jung-a in Seoul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bed3bb0c-b2a7-11db-99ca-0000779e2340.html Published: February 2 2007 10:38 | Last updated: February 2 2007 10:38 Lone Star, the US private equity fund, will receive an annual dividend of Won416.7bn from Korea Exchange Bank, recouping almost a third … Continue reading →

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Flaws in Korea in spite of a cutting edge

Posted on 30 January 2007 by admin

By Anna Fifield http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/4e7b6354-b073-11db-8a62-0000779e2340.html Published: January 30 2007 18:24 | Last updated: January 30 2007 18:24 Diamond Dilemma Shaping Korea for the 21st Century By Tariq Hussain Published in Korean by JoongAng Random House; available in English from www.lulu.com/diamonddilemma, $18.95 … Continue reading →

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South Korea to encourage investment abroad in bid to curtail rise in won

Posted on 16 January 2007 by admin

By Anna Fifield in Seoul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d658a58-a506-11db-b0ef-0000779e2340.html Published: January 16 2007 02:00 | Last updated: January 16 2007 02:00 The South Korean government yesterday unveiled its much-heralded measures to encourage companies to invest more abroad, exempting domestic investors from capital gains … Continue reading →

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S Korean farmers look further afield for brides

Posted on 28 November 2006 by admin

By Anna Fifield in Yangbuk, South Korea http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cead98f0-7e85-11db-84bb-0000779e2340.html Published: November 28 2006 02:00 | Last updated: November 28 2006 02:00 Down on his luck and approaching 40, Jang Sae-jong three years ago followed in the footsteps of an increasing number … Continue reading →

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New life for an old way of building

Posted on 6 October 2006 by admin

By Anna Fifield http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80473f90-5496-11db-901f-0000779e2340.html Published: October 6 2006 12:17 | Last updated: October 6 2006 12:17 Walking the streets of Bukchon, it’s hard to believe you’re in the middle of one of the world’s most populous cities. Located only a … Continue reading →

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Room for One More

Posted on 7 July 2006 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de165a7c-0cb9-11db-84fd-0000779e2340.html By Anna Fifield Published: July 7 2006 13:12 | Last updated: July 7 2006 13:12 When Shin Dong-jin first started turning up in South Korean country villages in 1968 at the age of 22, he wasn’t always made to … Continue reading →

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Can you share soup on a first date?

Posted on 10 June 2006 by admin

By Anna Fifield http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17ccd8cc-f81a-11da-9481-0000779e2340.html Published: June 10 2006 03:00 | Last updated: June 10 2006 03:00 Seoul is a city of paradoxes. Aconcrete-block industrial powerhouse encircled by rocky mountains, home to leather-skinned old men dragging newspaper-laden carts between impossibly beautiful … Continue reading →

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Ancestor worship

Posted on 26 May 2006 by admin

By Y. Euny Hong http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0f721f38-ebb4-11da-b3e2-0000779e2340.html Published: May 26 2006 15:28 | Last updated: May 26 2006 15:28 My parents have a very large, very ugly framed photo hanging in their living room. It was snapped by King Gustav VI Adolf … Continue reading →

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S Korea’s soap operas win fans across Asia

Posted on 13 December 2004 by admin

By Anna Fifield http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/e66c48cc-4d29-11d9-b3be-00000e2511c8.html Published: December 13 2004 17:13 | Last updated: December 13 2004 17:13 With his floppy hair, sweet smile and displays of raw emotion, it seems Bae Yong-joon is every Korean woman’s ideal man. Increasingly, he is … Continue reading →

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