SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Engineering & Construction Co.’s decision to reconstruct the apartment complex, where an underground parking lot collapsed, is known to be driven by the determination of its top management, industry sources said Thursday. The company initially issued a written apology after the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport briefed [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares in GS Engineering & Construction Corp. tumbled nearly 20 percent Thursday morning, one day after the government blamed the major builder for the April collapse of an apartment parking lot. The land ministry announced Wednesday that GS Engineering & Construction’s poor management from design to quality control was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading botox maker Hugel Inc. said Wednesday a multinational consortium led by local conglomerate GS Holdings Corp. bought a majority stake in the company from American private equity firm Bain Capital for 1.7 trillion won (US$1.5 billion). Bain Capital-owned Leguh Issuer Designated Activity Co. struck a deal [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Loan guarantees among affiliates of South Korea’s large business groups sank in 2017 from a year earlier, the country’s corporate watchdog said Thursday. The total corporate debt payment guarantees made among units of 31 conglomerates reached 257 billion won (US$239 million) as of May 1, down 20 percent, or [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – GS Home Shopping, a major South Korean home shopping operator, said Tuesday it has added a Chinese-language shopping channel in Malaysia to target deep-pocketed consumers in the Southeast Asian nation. The retail unit of GS Group joined hands with Astro Malaysia Holdings, a local broadcaster, to launch a shopping [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Something expedient but controversial, rising cases of wealth transfer taking advantage of lowered stock prices amid the stagnant economy among some owners of the domestic conglomerates, have come to the fore of late. According to Chaebul.com, as of November 6, minors who own stocks valued over 100 million won [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – “Going mobile” seems to play increasingly major roles in e-business as a whole. And this trend is especially prominent in e-commerce market, a field in which old and new players are raging fiercer battles for more shares in the lucrative market. GS Shop, GS Home Shopping(GSHS)’s online and mobile [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Female job seekers in Korea seem to have had a tough time in the job market last year. In 2013, as the growth rate of employment of male workers has become nearly twice that of female workers at the top-ten conglomerates, the proportion of female employees has declined [...]