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South Korea's enormous, family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebols, form the backbone of the country's export-dependent economy. Oftentimes, there is little Seoul can do to constrain them without slowing the economy.

Too Big to Control: South Korea's Chaebols

South Korea's enormous, family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebols, form the backbone of the country's export-dependent economy. But oftentimes, there is little Seoul can do to constrain them without slowing the economy.

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Too Big to Control: South Korea's Chaebols

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