Emboldened, O'Neill's boss, Mong-Koo Chung, the revered chairman of Hyundai Motor, is demanding even more.
Now Hyundai Motor is an independent entity, though controlled largely by Chung through affiliates.
"I'm very sorry this tragic accident occurred, " said Chung Hyung-sook, South Korea's team leader.
Chung, 51, is rich and well-educated (he earned degrees from MIT and Johns Hopkins).
It's another headache for billionaire Chung, who is trying to maintain his company's momentum.
"This has been such a strange, surreal experience, " Chung Lee, the scientist's only son, told Time.
Chung was promoted immediately to chief investment officer and took over as chief executive in 2003.
"We were big enough, they might have come in to see us, " Chung says now.
Chung's ideal stock is on the upward swing of a curve marked by rapid unit growth.
Even after he ran out of places to put the statues, Mr. Chung kept ordering more.
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But Mr. Chung is having difficulty getting a government agency interested in his busts.
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But as the time to gun for partner approached, Chung started looking for alternatives.
One of Chung's more recent positions is in Whole Foods Market, the high-priced organic foods retailer.
"It's quite ironic, " says Ivan Chung, a senior analyst in corporate finance at Moody's Investors Service.
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Outside court, Chung said he wanted to put the situation behind him as soon as possible.
Chung has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in their continuing probe of campaign finance irregularities.
The South supports Mr Chung's visit and hopes it will lead to further exchanges.
Which would leave Chung Mong Koo and Hyundai to sink or swim on their own.
"Chung Mong Koo remains an unknown as the manager of an automotive company, " says Choi.
Chung will say less than 20 percent of that sum wound up as donations to political causes.
"Whoever gets elected, there may be a long period of political instability, " says analyst Eum Kim Chung.
Sure, Chung says, in times like these, with the stock market so volatile, growth might seem risky.
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Mr Chung would like to run boats carrying thousands of happy South Korean tourists to the area.
With affiliates, Chung hopes to sell 5 million vehicles globally by 2010, up from 3 million last year.
Davies opened the scoring from the spot after Kevin Nolan handled before Chung-Yong Lee swept in for 2-0.
An unmarked Chung-Yong Lee doubled the lead a minute later with a clinical finish at the back post.
"They're still on the ship because they don't know where to dock the boat, " said agent Bailey Chung.
The stars are soprano Patrizia Ciofi as Violetta and tenor Vittorio Grigolo as Alfredo, with conductor Myung-Whun Chung.
Why is Mr Kim, and not Mr Chung, now facing the humiliating public dismantling of his business empire?
Chung Yeon-ok, an official with the Korean Nurses Association, concedes the lack of staff is a serious problem.
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