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Another Korean Tycoon Gets a Free Pass

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Sep 11, 2007
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South Korea’s reputation for dispensing even-handed justice took yet another knock Tuesday when a court suspended the prison term of one of the country’s richest men for a gangland-style revenge assault.

It was the second time in a week that one of Korea’s high-flying tycoons avoided jail from a criminal conviction. On September 6, Chung Mong-koo, the ch…

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