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South Korea's family conglomerates will escape reform

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea's conglomerates are symbols of national pride and jobs with them are highly sought after, but their faults are roundly criticised. Samsung, the largest, is widely…

South Korean chipmakers’ competition will intensify

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SOUTH KOREA

Lee promptly returned to business, visiting the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia on February 6-11. Meanwhile, SE’s rival SK hynix -- flagship of SK, the second-largest chaebol -…

Few foreign investors will remain in Myanmar

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MYANMAR

The United States and other Western powers have imposed sanctions on senior military figures and military-controlled businesses in the light of the February 1 coup. China -- long…

New South Korean president's 'honeymoon' will be brief

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SOUTH KOREA

Yoon won the March 9 presidential election by a tiny margin and was sworn in on May 10. He is a career prosecutor who has never held political office before. His skills and vision…

Prospects for China’s politics in 2024

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PROSPECTS 2024

The market-oriented, technocratic approach that Li pursued contrasts with President Xi Jinping’s expansion of state control across sectors such as finance and prioritisation of…

Resurgent right could win South Korea's presidency

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SOUTH KOREA

The centre-left incumbent, Moon Jae-in, is more popular than most presidents at this stage in their term, but he cannot run again. The conservative opposition People Power Party…

Seoul stalls on US pressure to decouple from China

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea is also furious at Hyundai’s exclusion from new electric vehicle (EV) tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -- even though its chairman met US President…

Inflation will impede East Asia's economic recovery

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EAST ASIA

China, Japan and South Korea are no exceptions, but their inflation rates and policies differ from those in North America and Europe. How they address the challenge and how far…

Pyongyang’s rising cyberthreats are hard to combat

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NORTH KOREA

On November 30 the same trio plus Australia announced coordinated sanctions, in response to Pyongyang’s launch on November 21 of a military reconnaissance satellite. For the first…

Rising China’s greatest risks lie close to home

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CHINA

Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, the Koreas and the large ethnic Chinese populations of South-east Asia are the only societies with which China shares cultural affinity. Yet it is these…