The opportunist
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Rhee In Je emerged as a frontrunner early in the 1997 South Korean election campaign. He later slipped back to a position where he can probably do little more than detract form the vote of one of the two leading figures in the poll, but his campaign marks him as a politician to watch in the future. Rhee formed his own party, the New Party by the People, when he failed to win the ruling party's nomination. He established himself as a politician with new ideas, but his comparative youth is against him in the 1997 election campaign.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Making a stink
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The soaring price of anchovies in South Korea became a political issue when, prior to Arpil 11, 1996, elections, the opposition National Congress for New Politics ran a critical advertsiement. Pointing out a 60% per-kilogram price increase over the prior 12 months, the ad hinted the ruling New Korea party is to blame, and brought to mind the widely-held knowledge that President Kim Young Sam's father is a dominant player in the industry. Unsaid went tohe true culprit: shortages due to pollution and a bad fishing season.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Tomorrow, the world
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South Korea's fourth largest conglomerate, Daewoo Group, has embarked on a global expansion strategy that is expected to result in 1,000 overseas subsidiaries employing 250,000 foreign workers. Financial analysts are both awed and scared by the globalization strategy, for its visionary daring and its potential to financially expose Daewoo.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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