Big Korean companies often fail by getting into businesses they dont understand, says Lim.
There were issues between the team and big Korean eSports organizations, inter-team drama, cross-team drama and an overall loss of player interest.
Samsung, a big South Korean electronics firm, is also expected to appoint a single group.
More important, Daewoo would have given Ford an ideal platform for growth around Asia, starting with its one-third share of the big South Korean market.
If the company's fortunes are indeed a guide to those of many other big South Korean firms, the country's economy is in for a bumpy ride.
His CJ Group is big in Korean entertainment, and at a time when Korean movies and K-pop songs seem to be everywhere, that has helped goose the stock price.
Because 85% of his sales now come from overseas, Nam's plan is to make his headquarters look more like that of a big multinational than a Korean chaebol.
"I'd been influenced by many other cultures, so that was a big challenge to address this Korean quality in a contemporary way, " Cho said.
It does not take a long memory to recall how in 1992 the central bank supplied 2.9 trillion won in special loans to three big investment trusts (South Korean mutual funds).
Young men are a big audience, but the South Korean firms are also attracting women, who seem especially fond of virtual avatars.
So it came as a big surprise, and the South Korean Defense Ministry today proposed to the ruling party in South Korea that it bring home about a third of its troops when they decide to extend the deployment for next year.
The company pounced when the South Korean flag was shown next to North Korean players on a big screen before an Olympic football game in Glasgow in July and when Chelsea's Eden Hazard clashed with a ball boy in Swansea in January, taking out newspaper ads.
The large-phone craze is rocking the world like a hurricane, and LG is no stranger to this trend: within the last year, the Korean manufacturer has launched two big-screened smartphones as Optimus Vus (three if you count the LG Intuition on Verizon) to mediocre fanfare worldwide.
South Korean companies were also "suffering big damages and pains", he added.
Japan's big companies will report their earnings later than their Korean counterparts.
The Americans' last big amphibious operation dates back to 1950, in the Korean war.
Last year's stockmarket rally, which pushed Korean shares up by 70% played a big part too.
Planners in Dandong, a big city in Liaoning, are hoping to bring in North Korean workers.
In 1953, Operation "Big Switch" was under way as prisoners taken during the Korean conflict were exchanged at Panmunjom.
After all, foreigners might prove to be the best allies for the smaller South Korean firms that have valiantly struggled in the shadow of the big conglomerates.
We seem to agree, however, on one thing: The Big Three would have a stronger foothold in Asia after buying or taking stakes in the Korean automakers.
Small Korean firms with good ideas have never had the credit to act on them, big companies are deeply in debt, and the banks are overwhelmed by bad loans.
Analysts said the opposite trends in the South Korean and Japanese currencies were likely to continue in the coming months, and pose a big challenge to Hyundai.
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In Seoul, the Big Mac has to compete with Burger King's Whopper, Lotte Burger (a local rival) and South Korean alternatives.
"We could well see history repeat itself, " Fort said, while noting that South Korea's professional league was forced to reschedule a big load of games last year where times conflicted with Major League games in America--fans were home watching Korean players on television.
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