Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK's ByungJu Kim, business leaders

Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK's ByungJu Kim, business leaders

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., is set to meet with former US President ...

Former LG man leaves KKR to start PEF

Former LG man leaves KKR to start PEF

Lim Hyoung-seok, former Vice President of KKR Korea, left the private equity giant’s Seoul office and established his private equity fund (PEF...

Chung Ki-sun moves closer to managing HD Hyundai with his promotion

Chung Ki-sun moves closer to managing HD Hyundai with his promotion

HD Hyundai Co., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 1 shipbuilding conglomerate, on Thursday shuffled its top management. In it, Vice Cha...

SK On Vice Chair Chey Jae-won sees greater growth potential in 2024

SK On Vice Chair Chey Jae-won sees greater growth potential in 2024

Chey Jae-won, executive senior vice chairman of SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Thursday he expects the company’s gro...

KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling

KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling

Yoon Kyoung-lim, the sole nominee to be KT Corp.’s next chief executive, has offered to resign, sending the selection committee of the top S...

Korea Semiconductor Academy launched to nurture field workers

Korea Semiconductor Academy launched to nurture field workers

The Korea Semiconductor Academy was established Thursday with former SK Hynix CEO Seok-hee Lee at its helm.The launch ceremony was held at the Korea...

KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO

KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...

Goldman promotes TMT banker to MD in Seoul

Goldman promotes TMT banker to MD in Seoul

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Nov. 2 announced the promotions of two Korean executive directors in its Seoul office to managing directors (MDs), the b...

Police fund to appoint equities specialist as CIO

Police fund to appoint equities specialist as CIO

South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has picked Han Jong-seok, a former chief investment officer of Meritz Asset Management Co. and eq...

SK Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee: Star engineer, bookworm, soju connoisseur

SK Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee: Star engineer, bookworm, soju connoisseur

When SK Hynix Inc. announced a $9 billion all-cash deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business in mid-October of last year, the ma...

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