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[THE INVESTOR] Kim Jung-ju , founder of Korea’s largest game developer Nexon, has vowed not to hand over control of the company to his children. “I won’t be passing down Nexon to my kids,” Kim said in a statement on May 29, the day he promised to donate at least 100 billion won (US$92.40 mil...
[THE INVESTOR] The nation’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group will face new management centering on its heir apparent Koo Kwang-mo after his adoptive father and group Chairman Koo Bon-moo died on May 20. Koo Kwang-mo is the son of the late Koo’s younger brother Koo Bon-neung. Under LG’s str...
[THE INVESTOR] LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo died on May 20 suffering illnesses for the past year. He was 73 years old. "The funeral will be held privately at an undisclosed location as requested by his family, and the details of the funeral will not be made public," the conglomerate said in a ...
[THE INVESTOR] The number of female executives at Korea’s top 30 conglomerates came to 3.1 percent of the total last year, a market tracker said on May 16. Among 8,835 executives of 268 affiliates belonging to the business groups, known as chaebol here, that submitted business reports last ye...
[THE INVESTOR] Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on May 10 quit the top post in budget airliner Jin Air amid ongoing investigations into his family over a series of allegations of physical and verbal violence as well as tax evasion and smuggling. Jin Air made the announcement in a regulatory filing...
[THE INVESTOR] The prosecution on May 4 rejected a warrant issued by the police for the arrest of former Korean Air executive Cho Hyun-min who was recently questioned on charges of assault and business obstruction. The prosecution said there is little reason to believe Cho will try to flee or a...
[THE INVESTOR] The police on May 4 issued an arrest warrant for Cho Hyun-min, former Korean Air executive and daughter of the airliner chairman who allegedly assaulted an ad agency employee. She is also charged with business obstruction. Hyun-min is the younger sister of Hyun-ah, who became notor...
[THE INVESTOR] Three Korean companies including Netmarble Games were included on the antitrust watch list of large-sized industrial groups, the Fair Trade Commission said on May 1. The FTC also signed up Netmarble founder and Chairman Bang Jun-Hyuk as the official owner, noting that he owns a 24....
[THE INVESTOR] Cho Hyun-min, former Korean Air executive and daughter of the group’s chairman was questioned on May 1 for charges including business obstruction and assault. Below is a reconstruction of her answers based on a police report. -On throwing a glass cup Cho: I asked why the ad agenc...
[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is coming back to management possibly this week to resume stalled merger and acquisition talks at the Korean tech giant, according to industry sources on April 9. Samsung’s large-scale M&A deals have been almost put on hold since the...
[THE INVESTOR] Lee Kun-hee , the head of South Korea‘s largest business group Samsung, saw his ranking in the global list of billionaires decrease seven notches over the past five months amid his prolonged hospitalization, an index by an international news agency showed on April 8. According to...
[THE INVESTOR] The defense team of Samsung Electronics heir and Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is likely to try and push back his Supreme Court trial as much as possible so that the prosecution loses steam and public interest wanes, according to industry sources on April 6. “Lee’s attorneys wil...
[THE INVESTOR] Mirae Asset Financial Group Chairman Park Hyeon-joo has once again donated his annual dividends to charity, the company said on April 2. Shareholders agreed on dividends of 1.6 billion won (US$1.5 million) for Park for the fiscal year 2017. The chairman will be donating the entir...
[THE INVESTOR] To drive another successful 50 years, South Korean steel giant Posco will seek new business opportunities in nonsteel sectors by investing in emerging technologies like lithium and biopharma, its chief said. At a meeting with Korean reporters Saturday on the occasion of the steel...
[THE INVESTOR] It’s still early to predict, but the worst may be over for DGB Financial Group now that its stubborn chairman has finally stepped down. Park In-gyu, who had defied a prosecutorial investigation for a year, resigned on March 29. This was less than a week after he stepped down as ...
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