one-of-the-worlds-largest-tech-companies-turns-anti-semitic/.“According to a source”: Ibid.
“Jews have too much power”: Anti-Defamation League, “ADL Urges Korean Gov’t
to Condemn Anti-Semitism Following Pernicious Stereotypes in Media
Outlets” (news release), July 10, 2015, https://www.adl.org/news/press-
releases/adl-urges-korean-govt-to-condemn-anti-semitism-following-
pernicious-stereotypes.
The fund had about $450 billion: Jung Jin-yeop, “2015 Accounts of National
Pension Service,” National Pension Service Management Committee, March
- This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the headline
and text into English. The document is in the author’s possession.
National Pension Service’s investment committee: Seo Han-ki, “NPS: ‘We Decided
on Samsung C&T Merger,’...Seems Like They Will Agree,” Yonhap News
Agency, July 10, 2015, https://www.yna.co.kr/view/
AKR20150710173053017. This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher
translated the headline and text into English.
“Pension Fund Could Be Samsung Kingmaker”: Min-Jeong Lee and Jonathan
Cheng, “Pension Fund Could Be Samsung Kingmaker,” The Wall Street
Journal, June 5, 2015, https://www.wsj.com/articles/pension-fund-could-be-
samsung-kingmaker-1433502314.
To the consternation of media: Hwang Ye-rang, “The Secret of July 2015 Between
Samsung-NPS-Blue House,” Hankyoreh 21, November 2016,
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20150713028100003. This source is in
Korean. The author’s researcher translated the headline and text into English.
“The NPS is shooting”: Kim Woo-chan, interview by the author’s researcher Max
Soeun Kim, July 10, 2015.
“Our stake in Cheil Industries”: Kim Myeong-ryol, “Looking into the Proceedings
from NPS Meeting Regarding Samsung C&T Merger,” Money Today,
November 23, 2016, http://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?
no=2016112316234472720. The NPS meeting minutes are in the author’s
possession. This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the
headline and text into English.
“In order to counterbalance”: Ibid.
Eight voted in favor: Yoo Hyun-min, “NPS Agrees on Merger Between Samsung
C&T and Cheil Industries Based on Synergy,” Yonhap News Agency,
November 23, 2016, https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20161123126400008.
This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the headline and
text into English.
“Construction? It’s not looking good”: Kim Seon-jeong (former top Samsung
financial executive), interview by the author, June 14, 2015.
Samsung C&T put up a website: Ken Kurson, “Spat Between Samsung and NYC