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To: Sheba who wrote (5622)	11/25/1997 6:24:00 AM
From: Alan Hume	Respond to of 9124

Sheba, "Really? The Korean Cos. hate each other more than the Japanese?" You are of course quite correct. It is easy to forgot that point when Korean business structures emulate the Japanese ones so much. My comment was based upon the aspects of current business rivalry than the events in recent history. Regards Alan

To: Sheba who wrote (5622)	11/25/1997 4:21:00 PM
From: Y. Samuel Arai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

> Really? The Korean Cos. hate each other more than the Japanese? > I was under the impression that Korea hates Japan for historical > reasons, a rather nasty occupation (approx. 1900-1945). Also > Japan hates Korea because the U.S. used Koreans (post 1945) > as "help" during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Korea also > insulted the Japanese during Hirohito's funeral. I am a > little surprised that Japan may provide several billion dollars > to Korea via the IMF. At least, I wonder if Japan will require > some grovelling. > It will be interesting to see how Hyundai and Samsung handle > their debt problems. S. Korea (Seoul Composite) was down more than > 7% last night. Japan was closed for a holiday. All this resentment stuff has nothing to do with business. It matters not that some Koreans resent the Japanese, and vice versa. It matters not that some Americans resent the Japanese, some French resent the Germans, etc etc. There is still a lot of mutually beneficial trade between the countries, and civilized governments and major corporations do not act (or fail to act) based on any resentment. Sam