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| | S. Korea: Hyundai Asan Chairman Commits Suicide (update) |
 | | Chung Mong-hun, the Hyundai Asan chairman who was implicated in the secret transfer of money to North Korean before the June 2000 inter-Korean summit, killed himself early Monday morning by jumping out of his company office on the 12th floor of Hyundai group's head office building in Gye-dong, downtown Seoul, police and company officials said. |
 | | Hyundai Merchant Marine, the core unit under Mong-hun's ownership, posted W142.2 billion in net profit last year, but observers said the net profit figures were misleading because the company sold off its automobile transportation division for W1.8 trillion at the end of last year. |
 | | Hyundai watchers said that the firm's president, Kim Yoon-kyu, would be handling the day-to-day management of Hyundai Asan in the absence of Mong-hun, but eventually the Chung family members, including Mong-koo, whose Hyundai Motor group is doing good business, would take up a leading role in maintaining the on-going North Korea projects. |
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