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LKL 2008 Quiz of the year – the answers

by Philip Gowman on 1 January, 2009

in 2008 year-end posts, Bada, Bae Doo-na, Celebs, Choi Ji-woo, In the news, Inter-Korea etc, Jang Dong-gun, Kim Ji-woon, Lee Byung-hun, Rain, Wonder Girls

LKL’s annual quiz about the year’s events in Korea, including plenty of celebrity trivia.

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Another industry in which Korea leads the world

7 October 2007 Statistics and league tables
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We all knew Korea had some world-beating industries: ships, chips, LCD screens. Add to that the manufacture of condoms, where three Korean companies – Unidus, Dongkuk Trading and Hankook Latex – account for 30% of the global market, according to the Chosun. Maybe there’s a big domestic demand – for example for high school field [...]

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Condom sales, motel bookings surge after DPRK nuclear test

26 October 2006 In the news

The Chosun reports a surge in condom sales and in love motel bookings in the days and weeks following North Korea’s nuke test on October 9th. I hope the world’s not going to end quite yet.

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Condoms as a lucky charm

11 July 2006 History & heritage

The FT’s Seoul correspondent, Anna Fifield, had a busy week last week. Head office would have been wanting her to divine what is going on in the brains of the DPRK’s leadership – not an easy task, and everyone’s got something to say on the subject. Fifield’s piece in Saturday’s FT was one of the [...]

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