street-food: Chaebol

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A chaebol (Korean: 재벌; [tɕɛbʌɭ] ) is a type of large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group. Several dozen large South Korean family-controlled corporate groups fall under this definition. The term first appeared in English text in 1972. Although chaebol have often accounted for a majority of South Korea's GDP, their share of employment has been much smaller. Chaebol have also played a significant role in South Korean politics. In 1988, a member of a chaebol family, Chung Mong-joon, president of Hyundai Heavy Industries, successfully ran for the National…

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Kim Young-sam (Korean: 김영삼; Hanja: 金泳三; pronounced [kim.jʌŋ.sam]; 20 December 1927 – 22 November 2015) was a South Korean politician who served as the seventh President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998. Kim was the first civilian to serve as president in the country's history. Born in Geoje during Japanese colonial rule, Kim graduated from Seoul National University in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. From 1961, Kim spent almost 30 years as one of the leaders of the South Korean opposition and one of the most mainstream rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan. He was elected to the National Assembly at the age of 26, the youngest in Korean history,…

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Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. This is a list of characters that will make their first appearance in 2026. In January, the first character to appear in 2026 is Shona Platt's (Julia Goulding) estranged half-sister Jodie Ramsey, played by actress and singer, Olivia Frances-Brown. She was followed by surgeon Vincent Harper, and Harper Platt, the newborn daughter of Shona and David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd). Later in January, Lee, a former pupil of Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) and Mal Roper, who began stalking Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) debuted. In February, Doug Ramsey, the father of Jodie and Shona Platt (Julia Goulding) appeared, followed…

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Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of battered and fried fish served with chips. Often considered the national dish of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century. Today, the dish is a common takeaway food in numerous other countries, particularly English-speaking and Commonwealth nations. Fish-and-chip shops first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910 there were over 25,000 of them across the UK. This increased to over 35,000 by the 1930s, but eventually decreased to approximately 10,000 by 2009. The British government safeguarded the supply of fish and chips during the First World War and again in the Second World War. It was one of the few foo…

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The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2000, by order of first appearance.

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A costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables in British towns. The term is derived from the words costard (a medieval variety of apple) and monger (seller), and later came to be used to describe hawkers in general. Some historians have noted a class hierarchy in which the costermonger sold from a handcart or animal-drawn cart, while the lower-level hawker carried wares in a basket. Costermongers distributed food rapidly from wholesale markets (in London: Smithfield for meat, Spitalfields for fruit and vegetables, Billingsgate for fish) to convenient locations for the labouring classes. Costermongers used a variety of devices to transport and display produce:…