Lee Chang-su
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Culture & Trends
Samsung heirs likely to donate over half of Lee's art collection
Samsung Group heirs, including Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, have tentatively agreed to donate more than half of the late Lee Ku...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Daedong rebrands with name change, posts record earnings
South Korea’s top farm machinery maker Daedong Corporation has changed its name from Daedong Industrial Co. to strengthen its brand identity a...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Portfolio readjustments
NPS under fire over rule change to raise domestic stock purchase limit
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) came under fire over its expected rule change aimed at raising the upper limit for domestic stock...
Mar 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia set to change gear to revive China sales
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. posted their worst results in China last year since they advanced into that neighboring market in 2002. Their Chines...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Lee Kun-hee’s lavish art collection fuels debate on tax payment scheme
The late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s lavish art collection is driving South Korea’s art circle to pressure lawmakers to amend the cou...
Mar 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG hires Kim & Chang as advisor for mobile division sale
LG Electronics Inc. has mandated South Korea’s largest law firm Kim & Chang as the legal advisor for its smartphone division sale, accor...
Jan 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
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...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC joins One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund to bolster climate change efforts
In a move to bolster its climate change efforts, Korea Investment Corporation has joined a group of international sovereign wealth funds in their aim ...
Nov 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Why Lee Kun-hee wouldn't rest, despite global success
This is the final piece of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's cours...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
How the Lee Kun-hee mobile phone became a blockbuster
This is the third in a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's course in b...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lee Kun-hee's legacy
Why Lee set fire to over 150,000 mobile phones
This is the first of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's course to b...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Photos: biography timeline of the late Lee Kun-hee
Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, credited with transforming South Korea’s small television maker into a global tech giant, passed away on Oct. 25 a...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business expansion
Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee visits plants in Vietnam
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, currently in Vietnam, has toured its smartphone, TV and other electronics plants there, as the compa...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business Expansion
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee meets Vietnam's PM Phuc to discuss business ties
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee met with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Oct. 20 to discuss ways to strengthen bus...
Oct 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business expansion
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee embarks on Vietnam trip, may meet PM Phuc
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee is visiting Vietnam, where he is widely expected to meet Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to seek more...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foundry business
Samsung’s Lee hastens to Netherlands in intense rivalry with TSMC
On Oct. 8, the same day Samsung Electronics Co. surprised markets with forecast-beating quarterly earnings estimates, its Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fle...
Oct 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle flexes muscles in Korean financial industry as Lee takes helm
The Carlyle Group has been growing its presence in South Korea after sealing a string of investment and business deals with top Korean financial servi...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Line-Yahoo Japan JV christened A Holdings; Naver founder Lee picked as chair
A joint venture between Japan’s top messaging app provider Line Corp. and internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. has been christened A Holdings and L...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle names co-CEO Kew Lee as sole CEO
Kewsong Lee, co-chief executive officer of the Carlyle Group, has been appointed as the US private equity group’s chief executive officer after ...
Jul 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Court Dismisses Arrest Warrant for Samsung's Lee
The court has dismissed the request by the prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant to Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong. This will be a bi...
Jan 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC sees regulation change to qualify KIC, Korean pension funds managers for CIO job
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has recently asked the finance ministry to revise part of regulations governing the sovereign wealth fund in order ...
Jul 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending
The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cas...
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Business & Politics
HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts
The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including c...
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HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending
The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cash ...
1 MINUTES AGO
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HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts
The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including cas...
1 MINUTES AGO