“Cho Hyun-ah continuously blames crewmen and the chief flight attendant. It is difficult to judge that Cho had sincerely apologized and showed remorse for the incident. Also, she systematically interfered with the investigation carried out by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport following the incident.” - A prosecutor during Cho’s trial at the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The offspring of South Korean business group founders have been fast-tracked up the corporate ladder, many of them becoming executives in their early 30s, data from a business research firm showed Thursday. According to CEO Score, 44 such children, mostly third or fourth-generation family members of company founders, were [...]
SEOUL, December 15 (Korea Bizwire) – After the Korean Air “nut incident,” where an airline executive kicked a crewmember off the plane after being improperly served macadamia nuts, the airline has suffered a deterioration of its corporate image, and falling business results. According to recent figures, Korean Air ticket reservations are in decline, and its stock [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A week has passed after a Korean Air happening in New York that resulted in dropping-off of a flight attendant while the plane was taxiing. So many parodies have since been produced on the Internet mocking the heroine of the “nuts incident,” Heather Cho, or Cho Hyun-ah, Korean Air senior [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air senior vice president Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, is at the center of controversy after she ordered a flight attendant off a plane while it was taxiing on a recent flight. On December 5 in the United States, the plane heading to Incheon from New York [...]