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As nuclear energy makes a comeback, South Korea is emerging as a winner. The country has built up the best large-scale atomic-energy industry outside China and Russia, and stands to reap diplomatic and financial rewards, @willwwade reports. bloom.bg/4jbgUr9

🏖️THREAD: 1) BTS turned "Butter Beach" into a K-pop landmark. Now it's become a climate protest site as fans fight to protect it from a new coal plant trib.al/2Hytm5l

South Korean entrepreneur Gim Seong-gon who was early wind-power tycoon is planning his next surprising move trib.al/RgEqxie

The goal was to transition this beautiful island away from fossil-fuel power. What went wrong? trib.al/pUspxhF

What may look like giant floating flowers are actually 92,000 solar panels. This floating solar plant in South Korea can generate 41 megawatts, enough to power 20,000 homes. It's also one of the world's largest trib.al/yRMfFwu

Chanel Korea lifted prices for certain items four times this year, only stoking more demand and prompting shoppers to camp out before dawn trib.al/Ya5yIR2

Takemitsu Takizaki, the founder of electronic-sensor maker Keyence, has overtaken Uniqlo billionaire Tadashi Yanai to become Japan’s richest person trib.al/nArgn9c

Ether investor Simon Seojoon Kim has become one of South Korea’s most famous blockchain advocates. After raising a first blockchain fund in December, he’s planning a second one this month trib.al/c1hUhrT

Self-Made billionaires are overtaking Korea's old-money tycoons trib.al/o4l4cix

The construction arm of Hyundai will push ahead with a coal-fired power plant even as it pledges to end any new work involving the fossil fuel trib.al/DT86S1u

In a sprawling, leafy campus in the heart of South Korea, about 500 engineers are tackling the challenge of making the nation carbon neutral by mid-century trib.al/chKKBq0

South Korea plans to invest $35 billion in its EV battery industry by the end of the decade to compete with China and Japan trib.al/PVTjSbS

It’s getting faster and cheaper to embed a wind tower to the sea floor trib.al/hMB7sTq

A green bond seller investing in coal shows how tricky ESG can be trib.al/50Zcoc8

Two sprawling military conglomerates run almost everything in Myanmar, from banks to the gems trade. Here's how the army built its vast empire. trib.al/v2SlpCW

SK IE Technology, the battery materials unit of South Korean energy supplier SK Innovation, doubled in its Seoul debut Monday after raising $2 billion in the country’s biggest IPO in four years trib.al/S8DCWEe

Pumping CO2 deep under the sea could help Korea hit net zero. But it’s an expensive gamble. trib.al/RcJLokc

South Korea will halt state-backed financing of coal-fired power plants overseas and plans to strengthen its emissions reduction commitment under the Paris agreement trib.al/ARB0a3J

Korean battery company sees supply crunch for key EV component trib.al/ijQpR6M

South Korea, which has invested billions of dollars in overseas coal plants, is debating whether to halt financing further projects ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit next week trib.al/fU0SMmS