They were allegedly discussing plans to make illegal campaign contributions to candidates in South Korea's 1997 presidential election.
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Its telecom sales grew more than 50% last year and may expand even faster as Korea continues to make big investments in information technology.
For the next two decades Mexico will have more people of working age than dependents, a demographic profile that allowed Japan and Korea to make huge leaps forward in the decades after World War II.
India and South Korea are hoping to make their debuts in 2010 while Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone would like to include Russia and the United States.
Finance Secretary John Swinney is to make his second trade visit to South Korea and Japan in just over a year to promote Scottish businesses.
"In Korea, a lot of factors came together to make it a big thing, " professional gamer Greg Fields told CNN's Kristie Lu Stout.
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China "has called on North Korea to handle this matter in a speedy fashion and make all efforts to guarantee the legal rights of Chinese fishermen as well as their property and personal safety, " Mr. Hong said.
Here is where there is some glimmer of potential for SoftBank to make a difference , by drawing on its experience with different services in Japan, Korea, and elsewhere in Asia .
Others make their way through China, crossing into Russia or Mongolia in the hope of getting to South Korea.
Although they rarely make headlines, their leadership is abundantly apparent in international trade figures, not least in bilateral Japan-Korea trade.
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His government has tightened accounting rules to make business more open, given minority shareholders and institutional investors more say in corporate affairs and opened South Korea's capital markets.
Military and White House officials have said the United States can defend against any such threat, and President Barack Obama said in an interview with ABC News this week that he does not think North Korea can make good on the threat.
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"Foreign shareholders will continue to make sure the company is managed transparently, "says Jeffrey Jones, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and a 20-year resident of Seoul.
On Veterans Day 2010, speaking to servicemembers, their families, and American and Korean veterans who served in the Korean War from Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, President Obama explained some of the ways his Administration is working to make sure veterans have the care and benefits they need when they return home.
In the late 1980s, for instance, we were beset by fears that Japan and South Korea could make microchips cheaper than we could.
Qualifying for the LPGA is harder now, she said, and women's golf has become so popular in Asia that many talented South Koreans are happy to make a good living closer to home, competing on the Korea and Japan LPGA tours.
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