And one man, Vichai Raksriaksorn, founder and CEO of King Power, reigns over all of that business.
To try to reach Seoul's numbers, King Power hired airport retail consultants and conducted surveys of passenger behavior.
At Hublot, the latest models from the King Power line were delivered with new Unico movements made by its manufacture.
King Power once was a public company listed on the American Stock Exchange, with operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Cambodia.
The Hublot King Power Usain Bolt was developed in close consultation with the three-time Olympic champion and Swiss luxury watch brand ambassador.
Vichai also began winding down King Power's international operations.
At Suvarnabhumi ("golden land") his kingdom has grown to about 290, 000 square feet, which includes King Power duty-free shops (75, 000 square feet) and retail space for international and domestic brands such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton and luxury Thai silk manufacturer Jim Thompson.
Those figures include sales from duty- and tax-free stores in three other airports in the country and the duty-free shopping complex in the middle of Bangkok being constructed as a complement to the new airport space (where, without an impending flight or carry-on baggage, shoppers can spend more relaxed time buying duty-free goods, which King Power will have waiting for them at check-in).
Nepal's political parties, sidelined when King Gyanendra seized power in February, were quick to give the ceasefire a guarded welcome.
If the demise of nuclear does mean the return of King Coal to power, it is unlikely to be German coal.
Meantime, shale gas is emerging as the king of utility power markets.
They think voters are likelier to reject AV if told that it will mean more seats for the Lib Dems, and more king-making power after elections for third-party leaders such as Mr Clegg, whose reputation has been hurt by his various policy compromises since allying with the Tories.
In a land where celebrity is celebrated, a man who will one day be a king still has pulling power.
Few monarchs can boast outright power like King Mswati III of Swaziland.
The bulk of the country has been ruled by a monarchist dynasty since the 17th century, with King Mohammed VI holding power since 1999.
As in Kathmandu in February 2005, when Nepal's King Gyanendra seized absolute power and cut most international communications, UN offices, with their own dedicated VSAT links, offered one of the few connections to the outside world.
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Richard became king in 1483, taking power from his nephew, the 12-year-old Edward V.
But King Mswati III retains executive power and remains above the law.
Many people say he sees himself as a Javanese king, with an almost mystical power.
Shia discontent often boiled over in the 1980s and 1990s, but abated after King Hamad al-Khalifa took power in 1999, freed prisoners in an amnesty, pardoned exiles and brought in reforms.
Much is made of the power play between the King of Jerusalem (a leper in a metal mask), his exotic and plainly loopy sister (Eva Green), his military adviser (Jeremy Irons), and a brace of leering villains (Marton Csokas and Brendan Gleeson).
King Abdullah has moved to curb the power of hardline clerics by, amongst other things, limiting the fatwas they can issue.
One foreign leader told the New Yorker recently that the prince's power lay in knowing the king's real views when these differed from the official Saudi position.
"This is the second generation Power Knee, " says Tabi King, a spokesperson for Ossur Americas, the manufacturer.
Of course, the goal had been precisely that--to convey to all visiting ambassadors the power and majesty of the French King.
"Most of the time, a king is the one who has all the executive power to do things, while the queen is mostly in charge of the children's affairs and reporting to the king, " she says.
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