SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Families of South Korean conglomerates’ heads are on the fast track as they usually get promoted to the executive level in about four years after entering the company, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. Announcing a survey on 185 members of families controlling the 77 leading business groups, CEO Score [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail giant Lotte said Thursday it will inject another $300 million into its hypermarket chain in China, which is bearing the brunt of Beijing’s apparent economic retaliation over Seoul’s deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. Lotte Mart, the operator of the group’s hypermarket chain, said Lotte [...]
SEJONG, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The nominee of South Korea’s corporate watchdog said Wednesday that the government will strengthen punishments against “funneling of business” practices within conglomerates as he pushes forward his pledge to establish fair trade. “It is necessary to intensify financial sanctions such as increasing fines against illegal intra-group trading,” Kim Sang-jo, [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The nominee to head South Korea’s antitrust regulator pledged Thursday to scrutinize four major conglomerates as he seeks to establish fair competition in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. “I will assess issues related to the four major groups in a more thorough manner when the Fair Trade Commission implements laws,” Kim [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Some South Korean liberal groups are calling for the redistribution of wealth accumulated by Korea’s top 30 companies, citing the growing gap between the rich and poor that is devastating the middle class. At a protest held yesterday, liberal activists from groups like Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major business groups face another round of investigations for their alleged involvement in the bribery scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, industry and legal sources said Tuesday.Prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office took over the bribery case late last month when [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Following allegations against Samsung Group and its role in President Park Geun-hye’s corruption scandal, and the subsequent arrest of its de facto leader Lee Jae-yong, Korea’s largest conglomerate decided to abolish its future strategy office while introducing a stringent screening procedure for any donations exceeding 1 billion won ($885,347) [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Perhaps in line with recent allegations outlining the role of major South Korean conglomerates in the current political scandal, a survey by Edelman Korea revealed that the level of confidence in business among Koreans ranked the lowest among 28 key global players that included the U.S., China, and Japan. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Business evaluation website CEO Score revealed Wednesday how quickly children from Korea’s top conglomerate families move up the ladder, taking an average of 4.9 years until they nab an executive title from when they start working – a significant fast-track forward given the fact that it typically takes roughly [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s big businesses still lack transparency in their governance as owner families still have a strong grip on influence without seats on the board of directors through cross-ownership, the state corporate watchdog said Thursday. The percentage of owners or their relatives who are listed as board members of [...]