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Turning communists into capitalists
News, Michael Schuman, Published on 03/10/2017
» As it heads into a major leadership transition, China is attempting a strange breed of corporate reform. Rather than privatising state-owned enterprises outright, the government is testing whether selling minority stakes to private investors may improve their performance.
South Korea's next leader must focus on growth
News, Michael Schuman, Published on 10/05/2017
» So much attention is being lavished on the nuclear-edged tantrums of Kim Jong-un in North Korea that the presidential election on the southern half of the Korean peninsula has gone practically unnoticed. But the outcome may be nearly as critical for the region's future as the fate of Mr Kim's weapons programme.
Protests point to more than scandal
News, Michael Schuman, Published on 02/12/2016
» The first big story I covered as a young correspondent in South Korea was a corruption scandal. Two former presidents were found guilty of, among other things, amassing fortunes with payoffs from the country's major business groups, called chaebol. That was 1996.