BRASILIA, Brazil On the opposite side of the world from South Korea, a group of high school girls dream of someday visiting the country. The northeast Asian nation seems far removed from these girls’ disciplined lives at their Christian boarding school, yet it is made familiar through weekly Korean language classes, Taekwondo practice and TV viewing sessions where all 850 students simultaneously watch K-dram.
Suh Min-jeong – the elder daughter of Chairman Suh Kyung-bae of South Korean beauty giant Amorepacific and the prime candidate to inherit the company – recently went into an abrupt yearlong leave of absence, fueling speculation about the company’s business strategy and succession scheme. Having already liquidated all of her stakes in Etude and Espoir, the two budget brands affiliated with the beauty.