SEJONG, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government decided Sunday to reinforce its supply of support packages (food and daily necessities) to Hanjin Shipping employees still stranded at sea following the bankruptcy of the shipping giant. As of Sunday, there were 59 Hanjin-owned vessels at sea, with 518 Korean and 720 overseas employees on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief of Hanjin Group, the parent for ailing shipper Hanjin Shipping Co., has borrowed 40 billion won (US$36 million) from banks in order to help the group’s cash-strapped shipping line, sources said Tuesday. Cho Yang-ho, chairman of the logistics conglomerate, has pledged to provide some of his private [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Creditors of cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping Co. are unlikely to provide fresh financial aid to the ailing shipper currently under court receivership, industry sources said Thursday, further worsening the outlook for its already crippled cargo shipment. According to the sources, the state-run Korea Development Bank, the main creditor for Hanjin, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanjin Group, the parent for the cash-strapped shipper Hanjin Shipping Co., on Tuesday said it plans to provide some 100 billion won (US$91 million), including 40 billion won of group Chairman Cho Yang-ho’s private assets, to its ailing shipping affiliate to ease the deepening shipping chaos triggered by the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Creditors of Hanjin Shipping Co. on Tuesday decided not to extend additional support to the cash-strapped shipper, creditor sources said, triggering speculation about its possible court receivership. A creditor-led restructuring scheme for the largest South Korean shipper is set to end Sept. 4, which means the Hanjin Group company [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung and Hyundai Motor groups slashed their cash reserves in the first half of the year, while other major conglomerates increased their cash piles, data showed Sunday. Listed affiliates of Samsung Group, South Korea’s top family-controlled conglomerate, had a combined 40.5 trillion won (US$34.1 billion) in cashable assets as [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As much as 10 percent of all stocks held by the owner families of top-30 conglomerates is being pledged as collateral for their loans with banks and other financial institutions. Of these, the collateral-to-stock ratios of seven business groups including Doosan, Dongbu, and Hanjin were in excess of 50 percent while [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – While Korea’s large business groups like Samsung, Hyundai and SK gained about half its sales from overseas markets, their domestic sales decreased 5 percent and their portion fell 2 percentage points respectively last year. According to a recent survey conducted by CEO Score investigating the business performances of the nation’s [...]