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“If a foreigner makes ‘too much’ money from a deal the government gets accused of selling off the national jewels” |
ANYONE WHO HAS visited South Korea knows that the Koreans are partial to a drink or two. The poison of choice is soju, a strong liquor distilled from rice, tapioca or sweet potatoes. Koreans drink a lot of soju, which is why dominant distillery Jinro Ltd enjoys revenues of some $200 million. It is also why there was an outcry against a national “treasure” being brought to its knees by a foreign “vulture fund” when the company was forced into receivership by chief creditor Goldman Sachs in 2003.
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