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Foreign Investors, Owner Family to Enjoy Big Dividend Windfall

SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign investors and owner families of South Korean business groups took away a dividend windfall as local firms jacked up dividend payouts under growing pressure to share more of their earnings with investors, data showed on Sunday. According to the data compiled by conglomerate tracker Chaebul.com, the [...]

Soybean Farmers Go Broke Because of Tofu Regulation

SEOUL, Korea, Mar 9, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The government-appointed National Commission for Corporate Partnership designated in November 2011 a total of 82 business areas for small business protection, meaning that entrance of large corporations into these sectors would be subject to regulation. When the commission decided on these matters, it included tofu making as [...]