Topic: Lee Kun-Hee

Hotel Shilla announces plan to pull out from the high-end market after Lee ciriticized. Founders of Korea's major enterprises devoted their lives ...

Reforming chaebol practices

As the April general election draws near, political parties are competitively pouring out corporate reform plans. The sudden impetus toward...

Special report: Can Samsung change with the tech times?

SEOUL (Reuters) - Only a handful of reporters were at Samsung's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month when Jay Y. Lee dropped by.They had been tipped that the sheltered heir to the Samsung business empire ...

Special Report: Can Samsung change with the tech times?

SEOUL (Reuters) - Only a handful of reporters were at Samsung's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month when Jay Y. Lee dropped by.They had been tipped that the sheltered heir to the Samsung business empire ...
A South Korean appeal court ordered Samsung group companies Tuesday to pay creditors of its failed automaking unit $532 million as a penalty for a delayed debt repayment and in accumulated interest.The Seoul High Court, adjudicating on the country's largest-ever ...

Samsung to invest $38.3 bln in 2011

South Korea's Samsung Group said Wednesday it plans to invest almost 40 billion dollars this year as it tries to get ahead of global rivals still struggling after the financial crisis.The nation's largest conglomerate, which accounts for almost 20 ...
South Korea's Samsung group Wednesday promoted the chairman's younger daughter, days after her older siblings were elevated in what was seen as the start of a third generation of family management.Lee Seo-Hyun has been promoted by one level to ...

Samsung promotes chairman's son, daughter

Samsung Electronics -- the world's largest maker of flat screens and memory chips -- on Friday promoted the chairman's only son to president, heralding the start of a third generation of family management.Shares in South Korea's largest company hit a ...
Son of Samsung chairman promoted to president in reorganization of top management postsA scion of the family that founded the sprawling Samsung conglomerate has been promoted to president at the flagship electronics business, sending its shares to a record high.The elevation ...
The only son of the chairman of Samsung Electronics has been promoted to president of the company as part of an executive reshuffle, the South Korean company said Friday.Lee Jae-Yong, 41, who was previously executive vice president, will retain his role ...