All posts tagged "Korean Air"

  • Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of the airline company, appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board in western Seoul on Dec. 12, 2014, to be questioned for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol. (Yonhap)
    4 S. Korean officials face punishment over improper ‘nut rage’ investigation

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts,...

    • Posted December 29, 2014
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of the airline company, appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board in western Seoul on Dec. 12, 2014, to be questioned for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol. (Yonhap)
    Arrest warrant sought for former Korean Air VP

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Wednesday for the former vice president of South Korea’s top airline, Korean Air Lines Co., at the center of a controversial air-rage incident. Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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  • Park and Cho
    ‘Nut case’ eases tension on ‘memogate’

    Is the president letting out sigh of relief at Cho’s expense? By Jun Ji-hye Which woman is now more in the spotlight — President Park Geun-hye or former Korean Air Vice President Heather (Korean name Cho Hyun-ah)?...

    • Posted December 18, 2014
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  • Plastic containers of Macadamia nuts for sale are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    Sales of macadamia nuts soar in Korea after ‘nut rage’

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias....

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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  • Korean Air's ex-vice president Heather Cho (Korea Times file)
    Korean Air ex-VP likely to face trial for ‘nut rage’ incident

    By Jung Min-ho Former Korean Air Vice President Heather Cho is likely to be face trial for violating the country’s Aviation Safety Law, prosecutors said Monday. She will be summoned for questioning Wednesday over allegations that she...

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of the airline company, appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board in western Seoul on Dec. 12, 2014, to be questioned for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol. (Yonhap)
    Korean Air heiress asks for forgiveness over ‘nut rage’

    By Lee Joon-seung and Kim You Jin SEOUL (Yonhap) — Former Korean Air Lines Co. vice president Cho Hyun-ah, who had forced a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol, asked...

    • Posted December 12, 2014
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Choi Yang-ho and Korean Air Vice President
    Korean Air heiress steps down after ‘nut rage’ incident

    By Chung Hyun-chae Korean Air Vice President Heather Cho resigned from all flight services-related posts Tuesday, bowing to the public uproar over her anger inflicted on a flight crewmember for not serving macadamia nuts in a “proper”...

    • Posted December 10, 2014
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