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South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest in a series of defections by members of the North's ruling elite in recent years.
CJ Group (Korean: 씨제이) is a South Korean conglomerate holding company, operating internationally. It is one of the largest chaebol headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous businesses in various industries of food and food service, logistics, pharmaceutics and biotechnology, entertainment and media, Pager and Telephone.
Location of South Korea. South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Highly urbanized at 92%, South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle; half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents and the world's sixth-leading global city with the fourth-largest economy and seventh-most ...
Korean architecture ( Korean: 한국건축) refers to an architectural style that developed over centuries in Korea . Throughout the history of Korea, various kingdoms and royal dynasties have developed a unique style of architecture with influences from Buddhism and Korean Confucianism .
Hanja. 朝鮮 집. Revised Romanization. Joseon. McCune–Reischauer. Chosŏn chip. A hanok ( Korean : 한옥; name in South Korea) or chosŏnjip ( 조선집; name in North Korea and for Koreans in Yanbian, China ), is a traditional Korean house. Hanok were first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon dynasty.
It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, [1] most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol (business conglomerate). As of 2020, Samsung has the world's eighth-highest brand value. [4] Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company.
Revised Romanization. Jungsu. McCune–Reischauer. Chungsu. Park Chung Hee ( Korean : 박정희; November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the third President of South Korea from 1962 to 1979 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961.
List of largest companies of South Korea. Corporate headquarter buildings of Big 4 Chaebol groups; Samsung, Hyundai Motors, SK, and LG (Clockwise from top left) This article lists the largest companies in South Korea in terms of their revenue, net profit, total assets and market value according to American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.