Korea's chaebols, for example, have been slow to restructure and their workers have staged wildcat strikes.

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Other chaebols followed suit, all hoping to parley Korean film into a profitable international business.

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Mr Kim has also met leaders of the chaebols and warned that they must carry out fundamental restructuring.

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The big snag is that such a takeover will further enhance the already overwhelming power of the chaebols.

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The chaebols have responded by announcing shakeup plans, but there's still some scepticism in South Korea about their sincerity.

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In its 60-year history, this company has risen to prominence as one of the chief Korean chaebols, and its founding family, the Koos, have got rich.

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However, the most sensitive challenge she faces is the call for reform in the way South Korea's big family owned businesses, also know as chaebols, are run.

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Mr Kim has also met leaders of South Korea's big conglomerates -- the chaebols -- and has warned that these onetime pillars of the country's economy must carry out fundamental restructuring that would include weaning them off their cosy relationship with government.

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On the plus side, the presence of the state has lent a stability and long-term perspective to the investment and growth of the Chinese economy, which is not just reminiscent of the keiretsu in Japan but also the family holdings in the chaebols in Korea.

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In the case of Korea, it is the divergence of interests between the monopoly position of the chaebols and their customers, between the families and minority investors and between the allocation of public and financial resources to the chaebols and other parts of the economy.

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With LG predicting a 3D television market in excess of 30 million units by 2012 and Samsung busily promoting its related world's firsts, you'd better believe that these powerful South Korean "chaebols" have their government's full support when it comes to delivering 3D content.

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