Word: yun
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Under the leadership of Yun Jong Yong, an avid disciple of American management gurus like Jack Welch, the electronics company laid off a third of its work force, or about 30,000 people, slashed costs and dropped sideline businesses like pagers and electric coffeepots. Yun recruited top managers and engineers from the U.S. Back in Seoul, recruits were put through a four-week boot camp in which they were awakened before 6 a.m. every day to martial anthems extolling the virtues of being a Samsung man. Marathon mountain hikes were part of the drill...
...were not trying to provide evidence for or against the new plan. It just turned out that in their minds it supported it,” said John Yun, a Civil Rights Project research associate...
...feel at home with this movie. I've worked with most of the cast before; that gives me great peace of mind. I was meant to be action director for Chow Yun-fat's Bulletproof Monk, as well as a new project by Steven Seagal. But I pulled out of both. I wanted to make history with this film. I'm sure Jet Li feels the same...
...Immigration and Naturalization Service: it thought Yan Ming should register his hands as lethal weapons when he applied for a green card. Just ask the Henan Tourist Bureau: it put Yan Ming on a billboard of provincial treasures. Or ask Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, John Woo and Chow Yun-fat: they all call Yan Ming shifu, or master. Just don't ask the abbot of the Shaolin Temple; he "prefers not to talk about Yan Ming...
...more than $7 million. Even Hollywood is paying attention: studio execs might still have trouble finding Pusan on a map, but distributors like Miramax call Korea regularly now to find out what's coming down the pipeline. Korea doesn't yet have a John Woo or a Chow Yun-fat who can make the crossover to the Hollywood big leagues, but its industry is getting noticed. "These are very sophisticated filmmakers," says Dede Nickerson, who heads Asian acquisitions and co-productions at Miramax, which recently bought the martial arts fantasy Bi Chun Moo (Sky-Flying Martial...