Performing well in the elections is all the more important to Kim, since his party has split up with its former coalition partner, the United Liberal Democrats (ULD).

CNN: Evaluating Kim

Everyone I was still with from Morgan Stanley at that time split up and I don't know if they all survived.

BBC: The survivors' stories

All struggle just to keep output steady, while some have given up trying to stay big: ConocoPhillips split itself up, and BP shed billions in assets after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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