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CJ Group has named two new CEOs to lead its key units -- CJ CheilJedang and CJ Logistics -- as part of its annual personnel reshuffle announced on Thursday. Kang Sin-ho, currently the CEO of CJ Logistics, has been promoted to vice chairperson of CJ CheilJedang and will assume the role of CEO at th...
Executives of financial companies will be held accountable for misconduct within their assigned areas of responsibility starting in July. The Financial Services Commission announced guidelines on Tuesday for the new "responsibilities map" system, requiring financial institutes to detail responsibi...
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won is expected to travel to Germany next week, joining an economic delegation as the head of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, according to industry sources, Tuesday. Chey will be traveling to Berlin on Feb. 19 to take part in various business forums and gathe...
Renault Korea Motors, the South Korean unit of French automotive giant Renault Group, said Tuesday it has appointed Regis Brignon, a software and electrical systems specialist, to lead the development of its software-defined vehicles, or next-generation smart vehicles, for the Korean market. Start...
The National Pension Service said on March 10 it would engage in voting for Posco chairman and chief executive officer Choi Jeong-woo’s new term as a Posco board member, in a way that does not affect the result of shareholder voting on March 12. The decision not to vote against Choi comes as a ...
Korean Air Lines is inching closer to selling its yacht marina operation in Incheon to a new Korean buyer for roughly 130 billion won ($117 million). The investor group of Consus Asset Management and Mirae Asset Daewoo said on Nov. 30 it has signed a memorandum of understanding as a preferred bid...
South Korea’s major business organizations will see the terms of their incumbent chiefs end early next year, with attention being paid to who their successors will be. The term of Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Park Yong-maan, Korea International Trade Association Chairman Kim Y...
Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae said on Nov. 18 that the merger of the nation’s two largest carriers, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, will not lead to a price hike or workforce restructuring. After attending the Korea-US Business Meeting at the Federation of Korean Industries in Seoul, Cho tol...
South Korean activist private equity fund KCGI on Nov. 17 lashed out at Korean Air‘s plan of acquiring its rival Asiana Airlines with the policy lender’s help, claiming that the scheme is being pursued to cement Hanjin KAL chairman Cho Won-tae’s control over the air carrier. Hanjin KAL is the ho...
Compared with years past, more of the executives from owner families at South Korea’s conglomerates are women or members of the younger generation, data from a local corporate tracker showed on April 20. Six group chairpersons were born since 1970 and nearly a quarter of the conglomerates’ 150 ...
Major shareholders of logistics giant Hanjin KAL on Wednesday rebelled against proxy advisory firms Korea Corporate Governance Service and Institutional Shareholder Service for their decision to support the extension of Chairman Cho Won-tae’s term. The group consists of his elder sister and for...
South Korean internet giant Kakao has sold part of its stake in Hanjin KAL, having previously been expected to support Cho Won-tae in a family feud over the control of Hanjin Group, according to industry sources on March 16. KaKao’s stake in Hanjin KAL, the holding entity of Hanjin Group, is no...
A coalition led by South Korea’s activist private equity fund Korea Corporate Governance Improvement called Delta Air Lines a “partner” in its pursuit for a control over Hanjin Group and its crown jewel Korean Air in a note March 2. This reflects KCGI’s drastic turn from the previous week whe...
Hanjin KAL, the holding company of airline-to-logistics conglomerate Hanjin Group, said Thursday it was looking to sell its non-core hotel assets to improve its financial health and shareholder value. Hanjin KAL said invitations to bid for the assets had been sent to 12 firms including real estat...
Delta Air Lines, the third-largest shareholder of Hanjin KAL which owns Korean Air, has bought 1 percent additional stake to support Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae, industry sources said on Feb. 24. The US air carrier reportedly bought 114 shares of Hanjin KAL stake on Thursday and Friday ...
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