I do think that it is very important for government, for senior business leaders and frankly even for the press to make sure they are being responsible in how they talk about the issue. Because the messages they send are picked up by foreigners, potential foreign investors and can be damaging for Korea.

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Attracting the type of companies we want, and especially their headquarters, means we have to attract them away from other places in Asia. So getting them to move to Korea would mean we'd have to be extremely attractive to outweigh the costs of the disruption of making the move.

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