All posts tagged "chaebol"

  • Lotte Corp. CEO Noh Byung-yong, center in front row, and 36 other CEOs of Lotte Group affiliates hold a press briefing after a meeting at the Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
    Anti-Lotte sentiment rising in S. Korea

    Consumer groups plan to launch boycott campaign By Lee Hyo-sik The escalating family mudslinging at Lotte Group is triggering a public uproar as consumers are exasperated by the “foul infighting” over control of the country’s fifth-largest conglomerate....

    • Posted August 4, 2015
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  • Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin talks to reporters upon his arrival at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 3, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Lotte heir vows all-out efforts to end family feud

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Shin Dong-bin, the younger son and heir apparent of Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho, pledged Monday to do his best to resolve a bitter family conflict over control of the retail empire whose business...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • JK Shin, CEO of Samsung's mobile division, shows the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, during a Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event on the eve of this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 1, 2015. Samsung unveiled a stylish new flagship phone that ditches its signature plastic design for metal and glass. The South Korean phone manufacturer also unveiled a premium model with a display that curves around the left and right edges so that information can be quickly glanced at on the side. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
    Shareholders get bolder against Korean chaebol owners

    SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) – Institutional and small investors are growing more aware of their rights as stake owners, as evident at this year’s shareholder meetings, but their efforts for change in corporate transparency and governance still...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Choi Yang-ho and Korean Air Vice President
    [ABS CBN News] Why Koreans no longer tolerate chaebol’s bad behavior

      —  The uproar that forced a Korean Air Lines executive to resign after delaying a flight because she was unhappy with the way nuts were served points to growing intolerance of corporate bad...

    • Posted December 10, 2014
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  • Lee Bu-jin, daughter of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, and Hotel Shilla President
    South Korea’s chaebol heiresses crowd hotel business

    By Park Si-soo Daughters of Korea’s major tycoons are engaged in hectic competition in the hotel business as they see huge growth potential in line with the growing tourism industry. Lee Bu-jin, Hotel Shilla president and daughter...

    • Posted September 10, 2014
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  • How the rich get richer in South Korea

    Chaebol families giving stocks to kids amid bearish market By Yoon Ja-young While investors are unhappy in the bearish stock market in Korea, chaebol families are using it as an opportunity to hand over stocks to their...

    • Posted May 5, 2014
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