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...tremendously at Samsung. An American citizen, Kim left Korea at age 11. But he returned with the language proficiency and enough grasp of the subtleties of Korea's tradition-bound business culture to make his direct-approach, all-American management style palatable. Samsung marketing vice president Park Seung Soo calls Kim "a kimchi-eating American," referring to Korea's fiery national dish...
...symbolic step that Seoul said would "lay a bridge of reconciliation." Ceremonies to mark the start of construction were held on both sides of the 4-km-wide, landmined buffer zone that has divided communist North and capitalist South since the Korean War ended in 1953. Kim Suk Soo, South Korea's Prime Minister-designate, said the rail links would allow the two Koreas to build a "single economic community," reviving the North's ailing economy and helping the way to reunification of the two states. EARTH Upside Downside The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica will start shrinking...
...NOMINATED. KIM SUK SOO, 69, former South Korean Supreme Court judge, to be the country's Prime Minister; in Seoul. His bid needs the approval of the opposition-controlled parliament, which recently rejected President Kim Dae Jung's first two nominees to the largely ceremonial post...
...Ordinary workers, too, appear to be getting used to the idea of GM being around. "Initially everyone wanted Daewoo to revive itself," says Kang Kyung Soo, a member of the Daewoo worker-safety team and a 13-year veteran. "But now since it is inevitable that GM is taking over, the consensus among the workers is: we hope GM will make things better." Some union members even confess they find Zahner much more open than the usual authoritarian Korean managers, and that the workers are becoming more and more pro-GM. Kang, the secretary-general, says he has a "good...
...intentions. In May, just after the deal was signed, Zahner held a seminar at the Bupyeong plant for about 100 unionists to describe GM's vision of Daewoo's future, stressing the need for Daewoo to be part of a global company. One leader, Cho Ha Soo, began grilling Zahner. Cho called GM's acquisition "stealing," and demanded that the company clarify its position on layoffs. He accused Zahner of evading his questions. After the tense exchange, Zahner singled out Cho and said, "Starting today, we're going to be friends," and later wished Cho a happy birthday. But they...