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BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Yoon & Seo |
The Pitfalls in the Rise of the Korean Won Strong exports and profits are driving the won skyward and could spell an end to the days of easy profits in Korea.  |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 Moon Ihlwan |
What's Propelling Korea's Growth Korea's steel mills, shipbuilders, petrochemical operations, and other smokestack industries are helping its economy surge.  |
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Einhorn & Park |
Japan's Quake May Boost Korean Industry With Japan hobbled for six months or more, Korean steelmakers and shipbuilders have a chance to make permanent gains in market share.  |
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Moon Ihlwan |
The Heavy At Hyundai Heavy Yu Kwan Hong, the new chief executive of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. is telling managers to deliver profits -- or resign. If Yu's strategy succeeds, he'll go a long way toward staving off the decline of shipbuilding and other heavy industries in Korea.  |
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Kyunghee Park |
A Trade Rebound Launches Bigger Boats As Asian trade swells, demand for large container ships booms.  |
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010 Moon Ihlwan |
How Korea Fretted Its Way to Success Years of worrying about being squeezed by China and Japan helped Seoul stand up to its rivals. Now it's obsessed with finding the Next Big Thing.  |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Moon Ihlwan |
Koreans' Wallets Are Slamming Shut Burdened by debt, consumers aren't shopping, and that's putting a lid on growth.  |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 Moon Ihlwan |
Hyundai: Too Far, Too Fast? Korea's strong currency and costly moves to improve quality are making its cars pricier.  |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2011 Tony Arsta |
South Korea: Don't Call It an "Emerging Market" Korea's no more an emerging market than Pittsburgh is a city on the Pacific.  |
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Moon Ihlwan |
Korea's China Play They're partners now. But in the future, China will dominate this powerful relationship  |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Moon Ihlwan |
South Korea: Waiting For A Tiger To Wake Up Seoul claims the economy is coming to life, but the signs are decidedly mixed.  |
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Yasuhiko Seki |
Japan's Yen Rises Above War Jitters, Deflation The Japanese currency, supported by a huge trade surplus, holds steady despite a possible war next door between South and North Korea.  |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Moon Ihlwan |
Look Who Owns Korea Inc. Foreigners hold more and more shares as burned Koreans continue to shun stocks. The market's dependence on foreign money presents an obvious risk: If a crisis erupts, that capital could flee in a matter of days.  |
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Moon Ihlwan |
Fund Frenzy Hits Korea Cleaned-up brokerages have won back retail investors' trust in Korea.  |
BusinessWeek February 12, 2007 Ian Rowley |
Who's Cashing In On The Weak Yen Exporter's profits are getting a pop, and Japanese retail investors are betting big.  |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Moon Ihlwan |
Monsters on the High Seas As China's exports swell, Korea and Japan are launching gargantuan container ships.  |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Chris Cooper |
Tankers That Won't Kill You at the Gas Pump Hurt by the strong yen, Japanese boat-builders employ a marketing pitch that stresses fuel efficiency.  |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Moon Ihlwan |
Do the Chaebol Choke Off Innovation? South Korea's giant family-based conglomerates are thriving, but they may be crushing small companies.  |
TIME Asia November 15, 2010 Michael Schuman |
Asia's Latest Miracle Over the past decade, Korea has reinvented itself. It has become an innovator, an economy that doesn't just make stuff, but designs and develops products, infuses them with the latest technology, and then brands and markets them worldwide, with style and smarts.  |
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Moon Ihlwan in Seoul |
Want Innovation? Hire A Russian Korean companies are cashing in by signing up low-cost engineers  |
InternetNews October 28, 2005 Tim Gray |
Microsoft May Lose South Korean Market South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has reportedly been investigating charges that Microsoft has breached antitrust laws by bundling streaming video and instant messaging into Windows software.  |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Chester Dawson |
Japan Can Rise Above A Rising Yen Japanese companies are stronger -- and less dependent on U.S. trade -- than ever.  |
BusinessWeek February 17, 2010 Moon Ihlwan |
Korean Tech Is Losing Its Cool How did Korea, a onetime digital trendsetter, became a laggard in an era of smartphones and amazing apps.  |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
South Korea: A Bad Situation Is Set To Get Worse South Korea's struggle to regain its economic health is getting tougher, and the prognosis is not encouraging.  |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Moon Ihlwan |
Made In Korea: Axles, Wipers, And Brakes The country has become a magnet for auto-parts manufacturers, but can it stay ahead of China?  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: FXY Currency moves mean you should keep your eyes here today.  |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Moon Ihlwan |
South Korea: Plugging Into Batteries In A Big Way Korean investments in plants and research threaten Japan's dominance.  |
BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Drajem & Naughton |
The $68 Billion U.S.-South Korea Trade Question Ford and the UAW want Washington to keep a 25 percent tariff on pickup truck imports into the U.S., but South Korea wants it phased out.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2012 G. Pascal Zachary |
Lessons From Korea Inc. Korean companies have spun a high-tech success story that has some surprising lessons for Americans  |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Three ETFs to Watch During the Great Currency War of 2010 What do the currency changes mean for ETFs?  |
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Moon Ihlwan |
South Korea: A Great Place To Be A Bank In South Korea, profits are soaring from smarter consumer lending.  |
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Moon Ihlwan |
For Hyundai, China Is a Highway It's counting on booming Chinese production capacity and sales to help it race into the ranks of the world's top carmakers  |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Brian Bremne |
The Yuan Grows Up Untethered from the dollar, the yuan could become a major world currency.  |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Moon Ihlwan |
Samsung Is Having A Sony Moment The Korean titan is showing signs of complacency -- and results are suffering.  |
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
South Korea: Hope in a Brighter Export Outlook South Korea is emerging from its worst downturn since the Asian crisis in 1998, but a full recovery is still a way off.  |
BusinessWeek March 6, 2006 Moon Ihlwan |
The Road Narrows For Hyundai With the rising won and runaway costs choking margins, Hyundai has to regroup fast.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2011 Tim Hanson |
What You Need to Know About Obama vs. Hu What will really come out of this week's meetings between the U.S. and China.  |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Moon Ihlwan |
A Capitalist Toehold In North Korea Despite U.S. tariffs, more South Korean businesses are setting up shop in the North.  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Three ETFs in Focus Ahead of G20 Summit The G20 agenda puts these ETFs into focus.  |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Are Currency ETFs Right for You? Exchange-traded funds based on the values of various foreign currencies have made it much easier for those who want to bet on the direction of the U.S. dollar.  |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Brian Bremner |
Don't Let Japan's "Mr. Dollar" Get Away With It Japan is driving down the yen in order to increase exports.  |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Miller et al. |
Why The Dollar Is Giving Way The dollar is once again on the decline, dropping to a record low vs. the euro, a four-year low vs. the yen, and a seven-year low against the South Korean won.  |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2010 Stoyan Bojinov |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) This short week is full of important economic announcements.  |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Moon Ihlwan |
How Korea Has Changed and How It Hasn't A death shows that the chaebol remain dangerously entangled in affairs of state  |
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U.S. Journalists Pardoned North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a "special pardon" to two American journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally, and he ordered them released during a visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korean media reported early Wednesday.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Is Now the Time for Currency ETFs? If you want to protect yourself against a dollar decline, exchange-traded funds based on the values of various foreign currencies make it easy.  |
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
South Korea Rejects Microsoft's Appeal South Korea's High Court is Microsoft's last resort in its bid to overturn an antitrust ruling handed down by the Korean Fair Trade Commission.  |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Does a Declining Dollar Spell Doom? The odds of an outright devaluation of the U.S. dollar at the hands of the federal government are fairly low. However, in today's global economy, investors can suffer from many of the consequences of devaluation even without any formal governmental action.  |
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 |
Seoul Gives The North A Power Boost South Korea, in an effort to defuse the nuclear crisis with the north, has offered Pyongyang a vast supply of badly needed electricity.  |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Moon Ihlwan |
Hyundai's Hurdles Will union unrest slow the auto maker's global growth drive?  |