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KOREA REPORT – MAY, 2018.
Trump
nominated Pacific Commander Adm Harry Harris as new ambassador to SKorea [p.3]
Trade war initiated
by USA spread around the world [p.3]
Revision
of labor law on reduction in work hours with steep min wage hike kills SME [p.4]
K-pop BTS¡¯ dream has
become a reality, topping the Billboard 200 chart [p.5]
SKorea-US-NK talks in
chronological order [p.6]
Trump announced
Singapore for his unprecedented meeting with Kim [p.7]
3 US prisoners in NK
released on 10th [p.8]
US and NKorean
officials discussed issues related to agenda of the US-NK summit [p.9]
Kim Jong-un met
Chinese President Xi Jinping twice for side support [p.9]
Presence
of the US troops in SKorea is a crucial issue in upcoming high-level meetings [p.10]
The share of
country¡¯s trade to its GNI came to 84% last year [p.11]
SKorea¡¯s economy will
keep a 3% growth this year [p.11]
Expert concerns capital outflow if gap between key rates
of SKorean and USA widens [p.13]
Average annual salary
at top 30 listed companies grew 2.6% on-year in 2017 [p.14]
Koo Bon-moo, chairman
of LG Group, died on 19th at the age of 73 [p.15]
GM
decided to set up its Asia-Pacific regional office in SKorea
[p.16]
Elliott
threatened to vote against HMC¡®s corporate governance reform, as it did with
SEC [p.17]
KOSPI shaken up and down by Trump¡¯s word on talk with NK [p.19]
Big 3 has kept their
heads above the water in first quarter [p.20]
Sinokor MM signed LOI
with SWS and Tianjin Xingang SB for Newcastlemax [p.24]
Korean offshore and
shipbuilding industry is seeking another chance [p.25]
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