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KT&G Corp.

A South Korean maker of cigarettes and ginseng health products, KT&G produces the Esse super-slim cigarette brand and the CheongKwanJang ginseng line. Its roots reach back to 1899, when Korea's imperial court set up a ginseng agency, and it ran as a state monopoly before privatizing in 2002. The name KT&G once meant "Korea Tobacco & Ginseng," later reframed as "Korea Tomorrow & Global."