Tag Archives: South Korea

Scheisse!

Posted on June 27, 2018 by macromon

Angerannt, abgeprallt – und dann abgestraft  – Der Spiegel South Korea eliminating Germany with Titanic music is the best thing you will watch this week. #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/RJtkpGJjQx — World Cup (@FlFAWC2018) June 27, 2018

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No Worries In The South Korean Markets

Posted on July 24, 2017 by macromon

We have been writing a lot these days about how crude oil is not pricing any geopolitical risk of a very messy Middle East.  See here and here. That’s nothing, however,  compared to the performance of the South Korean stock … Continue reading →

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Reforming South Korea’s chaebol – FT

Posted on November 20, 2014 by macromon

South Korea’s corporate model of tightly knit companies that act in concert under family control is under scrutiny after Hyundai’s $10bn purchase of a plot of land in Seoul’s Gangnam district. The FT’s Simon Mundy weighs the model’s pros and … Continue reading →

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WTF? Gangnam Style

Posted on March 20, 2013 by macromon

If NorKo the source, wouldn’t this represent a significant escalation of tensions?  Markets not reacting. South Korean broadcasters/banks suffer cyber attack Computer networks of several major South Korea broadcasters and banks have been paralyzed. Police and government agencies are investigating … Continue reading →

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Stratfor: Political Change in Asia

Posted on December 22, 2012 by macromon

Good background on the changes coming as the result of Japan and South Korea’s elections.   Good stuff. Stratfor’s Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses this week’s elections in Japan and South Korea and the effects on the … Continue reading →

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South Korea Elects First Woman President

Posted on December 19, 2012 by macromon

http://www.euronews.com/ South Korea has its first ever woman in the top job. The electoral commission has confirmed that the conservative Park Geun-hye has won the presidential election. The 60-year-old will return to the presidential palace in Seoul where she was … Continue reading →

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