Word: soo
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...competition," says Ohno. "Actually, a very high-ranking Korean speed-skating official was telling me that I may have sparked a fan club! How cool is that?" Not everyone in Korea is sold on Ohno. "I know that the Korean public wants revenge," says top Olympic challenger Ahn Hyun Soo. But Ahn insists he wants to beat Ohno only because the American is the top dog, not because he's American. Ohno remains a medal favorite in each of short track's three individual events, although he'll face tough competition from Ahn, China's Li Jiajun and Canada...
...everyone in Korea is sold on Ohno. "I know that the Korean public wants revenge," says top Olympic challenger Ahn Hyun Soo. But Ahn insists he wants to beat Ohno only because the American is the top dog, not because he's American...
...South Korean Ambassador to the U.S.; amid a scandal surrounding the country's 1997 presidential election; in Seoul. He announced his resignation after a local TV station claimed it had obtained part of a recorded conversation between Hong, then publisher of the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, and Lee Hak Soo, a high-ranking Samsung executive, in which the two discussed the powerful conglomerate's possible channeling of illegal funds to presidential candidates. South Korean lawmakers have demanded an independent investigation into the alleged payoffs, which Lee reportedly said on the tape were authorized by Samsung chairman Lee Gun Hee. Samsung...
United States stem-cell research was trumped last week when South Korean scientist Hwang Soo-huk and his research team announced they had created 11 new stem-cell lines from patients with a variety of genetic diseases...
...APPOINTED. HAN DUCK-SOO, 55, veteran South Korean bureaucrat and supporter of open market economic policies; as the country's new finance minister; in Seoul. Han replaced Lee Hun-jai, who resigned last week, and promised to follow a similar economic strategy as his predecessor. "I will do my best to assure markets [of consistency], revive the economy and establish systems for an advanced Korea," Han said. The government hopes to achieve 5% economic growth this year...