With the South Korean National Assembly's vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye over an ongoing influence and corruption scandal, the matter moves to the Constitutional Court, which has 180 days to ...

PERHAPS it is the result of being sandwiched between the imperial dynasties of China and Japan. It may have something to do with having a nuclear-armed hermit to the north. Whatever the reason, South ...

South Korea’s newly elected President Moon Jae-in has declared an end to cozy ties between government and business as part of his attack on the power of chaebol conglomerates. However, parliamentary ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s family-run conglomerates are facing calls for a shakeup in their governance from a leading candidate in May's presidential election, following the ouster of former ...

People pay close attention to the smallest actions of South Korea’s leading conglomerate chairmen. Their thoughts and decisions shape the fate of companies, individual stocks, and the national economy ...

The Economist is discussing Korea Inc. and the chaebol in its current issue, while reporting on Lee Kun-hee's return to Samsung. The distinguished weekly economic journal positively appraised chaebol ...

It has been almost a month since Cho Hyun-a, daughter of the chairman of Korean Air, resigned after causing an uproar when she delayed a flight because of her anger over the way in which a bag of nuts ...

In 1988, the heads of South Korea’s major business conglomerates (known as ‘chaebols’) were questioned by lawmakers regarding corruption allegations linked to their relationship with then president ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - The uproar that forced a Korean Air Lines executive to resign after delaying a flight because she was unhappy with the way nuts were served points to growing intolerance of corporate ...