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The 1982 Paper Scandal That Cost Korea 11 Ministers — Jang Young-ja

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In 1982 a Seoul couple ran nearly a billion dollars' worth of promissory notes through their hands in fourteen months — and most of it was paper. Korea Case Files No. 1: Jang Young-ja, read from the 1982 newspapers and court reports, and the real-name banking law her case set in motion.

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