Word: kim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...allowed his embassy in Seoul (as well as in Tokyo) to go without an ambassador for a year. Not that the Koreans were helping. For months, they had refused to admit their problems or even provide credible accounting of their assets and liabilities. By November the embattled government of Kim Young Sam was refusing to explain to U.S. officials just how much money was left in its foreign-currency reserve. Along with negotiators from the IMF, Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers pushed Seoul to clarify its reserve positions. "If you don't want to tell me, that's fine," Summers...
...heat was barely on the morning of January 2, then it was suddenly turned off, and it didn't come back on for awhile," said David J. Kim '01, a resident of Wigglesworth Hall. Kim said he has been wearing his winter jacket indoors to keep warm...
Against the Friars, despite a sluggish first period, the Crimson gave itself a little bit more of a cushion to start out with thanks to two quick goals by sophomores Courtney Smith and Kim McManama...
...shed the candidate's instinct to please everyone as often as possible. "It doesn't matter who makes what promises to get votes," said an executive at one of Korea's largest conglomerates, or chaebol, "because their policies will be bounded by IMF guidelines." Within those limits, though, Kim's background does give reason for hope. His strong labor credentials could help keep workers off the streets when the layoffs begin. And as IMF reforms dissolve the cozy networks that have wed politicians and chaebol executives, the longtime outsider will finally have his chance to present the country with...
...Reported by Julie Grace/Chicago, Kim Masters and Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles