Kolmar patriarch wants shares gifted to son back amid sibling rivalry

Kolmar patriarch wants shares gifted to son back amid sibling rivalry

In a dramatic and unprecedented legal move that has shaken South Korea’s corporate landscape, Kolmar Group founder and Chairman Yoon Dong-han ...

Hanwha acquires Ourhome for $622 million in push to revive food business

Hanwha acquires Ourhome for $622 million in push to revive food business

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has completed the acquisition of the country’s No. 2 food service and catering company Ourhome Ltd. for 869.5...

Trump Jr. to visit Seoul next week to meet Korean business leaders

Trump Jr. to visit Seoul next week to meet Korean business leaders

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US President Donald Trump, is set to visit Seoul next week and meet with Korean business leaders grappling w...

Hanwha gears up for 3rd-generation leadership with chairman’s stake gift

Hanwha gears up for 3rd-generation leadership with chairman’s stake gift

South Korea’s chemical-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn will hand over half of his holdings in the conglomerate&rs...

Shin & Kim’s Jeong Hae Sung named Korea’s most influential M&A lawyer

Shin & Kim’s Jeong Hae Sung named Korea’s most influential M&A lawyer

Jeong Hae Sung, a partner at Shin & Kim, topped the list of South Korea’s 10 most influential M&A lawyers after advising on a total of...

Hanmi Pharm’s chair poised to win management feud with her son

Hanmi Pharm’s chair poised to win management feud with her son

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group Chairman Song Young-sook is poised to claim victory in a year-long dispute with her eldest son Lim Jong-yoon to take cont...

Lotte replaces 21 CEOs, slashes executive jobs by 22% in drastic reshuffle

Lotte replaces 21 CEOs, slashes executive jobs by 22% in drastic reshuffle

South Korea’s retail-to-chemical conglomerate Lotte Group on Thursday replaced 21 chief executives across its affiliates and slashed executive...

La Defense might have a say over Hanmi Pharm's family feud

La Defense might have a say over Hanmi Pharm's family feud

La Defense Partners is expected to exercise a casting vote over the ongoing management dispute at Hanmi Science Co. after the Seoul-based private eq...

LX Pantos founder’s son sells shares to LX International for $37 mn

LX Pantos founder’s son sells shares to LX International for $37 mn

The only son of LX Pantos Co.’s late founder has unloaded his additional shares in the company to South Korean logistics-to-trading conglomera...

Lotte Group's heir apparent joins Japan holding firm's board

Lotte Group's heir apparent joins Japan holding firm's board

Shin Yoo-yeol, the heir apparent to Lotte Group, has been elected to the board of directors of its Japanese holding company, which serves as a link ...

Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud

Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group is set to enter a new chapter of an ongoing family feud less than two months after the founding famil...

Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppo...

Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board

Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board

South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...

Lotte Group to give more authority to outside directors

Lotte Group to give more authority to outside directors

Food-to-retail conglomerate Lotte will expand the authority of outside directors by separating the roles of chief executives and board chairs at its...

Korea's NH Investment shortlists 3 CEO candidates

Korea's NH Investment shortlists 3 CEO candidates

South Korean brokerage house NH Investment & Securities Co. has shortlisted three candidates for its next chief executive as the current CEO Jeo...

OCI-Hanmi merger faces tougher hurdles amid family feud

OCI-Hanmi merger faces tougher hurdles amid family feud

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s aim to merge with chemicals giant OCI Group is hitting some roadblocks amid a prolonged feud between the family o...

Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore

Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore

Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...

POSCO Group chief: steel desperately needs corporate solidarity

POSCO Group chief: steel desperately needs corporate solidarity

South Korea’s POSCO Group on Tuesday said its Chairman Choi Jeong-woo presided over the regular meeting of the World Steel Association on Su...

Dongwha Pharm to buy Vietnamese pharmacy chain at $30 mn

Dongwha Pharm to buy Vietnamese pharmacy chain at $30 mn

South Korea's Dongwha Pharm announced on Thursday that it signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in Trung Son Pharma, a leading pharmacy chain i...

Tottenham forward Son’s new role: Samsung Galaxy brand ambassador

Tottenham forward Son’s new role: Samsung Galaxy brand ambassador

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has a new job in his home country, South Korea: brand ambassador for Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy smartp...

Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler

Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler

South Korea’s conglomerate Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun is seeking money from a local private equity firm to defend the management ...

LS Cable, Hanwha to build S.Korea’s largest offshore wind farm

LS Cable, Hanwha to build S.Korea’s largest offshore wind farm

South Korea's LS Cable & System announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the priority negotiator for the supply of submarine cables f...

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

"Miri is a leading example of digital transformation in the elevator sector that raises a notch service speed and customer convenience. Let’s ...

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Watch OS with enhanced sleep management

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Watch OS with enhanced sleep management

Samsung Electronics Co. revealed on Thursday its new operating system, One UI Watch 5, for its Galaxy Watch series. The updated OS includes improved...

Hyosung’s sibling feud continues with second son in court on trial

Hyosung’s sibling feud continues with second son in court on trial

It all began in July 2014 when Cho Hyun-joon, currently the Hyosung Group chairman, was sued by his younger brother Cho Hyun-moon on charges of embe...

SK Group chairman’s eldest son to play key role at US unit PassKey

SK Group chairman’s eldest son to play key role at US unit PassKey

Chey In-geun, the eldest son of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, has moved to the South Korean conglomerate’s major US business operations amid...

POSCO Group plans talks with former US diplomat

POSCO Group plans talks with former US diplomat

Former US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will hold talks with Chairman Choi Jeong-woo of South Korea’s POSCO Group.They will discuss...

Doosan Group chief checks farm-construction equipment affiliate's strategy in US

Doosan Group chief checks farm-construction equipment affiliate's strategy in US

South Korea’s Doosan Group on Sunday said its chairman Park Jeong-won visited the construction trade show ConExpo-Con-Agg in Las Vegas on Wedn...

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

SPC Samlip Corp., a unit of South Korea’s food and bakery giant SPC Group, said on Monday it has forged a business partnership with Siam Makro...

Hanwha accelerates generational shift with promotion of second son

Hanwha accelerates generational shift with promotion of second son

South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group is accelerating its generational power shift by promoting the group chairman&rsqu...

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