Lotte Department Store, South Korea’s business bellwether, announced Thursday that its sales turned around in March as the new cases of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus stabilized.
The Seoul-based outfit saw its turnover jump 30.9 percent during the first week of...
The Seoul Central District Court postpones the date to April 17
The ruling on former DB Group Chairman Kim Jun-ki was delayed to April 17. Late last year, the 75-year-old tycoon is arrested for charges over alleged sexual assaults.
The Seoul...
A Seoul court rejects request for an arrest warrant
A son of Chong Kun Dang Chairman Rhee Jang-han was arrested on charges of filming sex videos, according to the police on April 2. Chong Kun Dang is one of the...
1. Wealth: $1.1 billion (Forbes, 2020)
With the fortune of $1.1 billion, SPC Group Chairman Hur Young-in is South Korea’s 29th wealthiest businessman, according to Forbes.
2. Date of birth: May 17, 1949
Hur Young-in is chairman of SPC Group, South Korean...
Brokerage joins hands with top engineering college
NH Investment & Securities has teamed up with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to set up a design research lab on user interface and user experience.
Toward that end, NH said...
Officials remain silent about whether to book Samsung heiress
The police strive to finish the probes over Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin, who was questioned this month for her alleged use of an addictive drug called propofol.
An official at the...
1. Wealth: $1.5 billion (Forbes, 2019)
With the wealth of $1.5 billion, Michael Byungju Kim is South Korea’s 23rd richest businessman, even ahead of CJ Group Chairman Lee Jae-hyun and Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin.
The two tycoons’ wealth amounted to...
Samsung heiress investigated for suspected drug use
It took a full year for the police to summon Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin to look into the suspicions that she took an addictive drug for non-medical purposes a few years ago.
The...
Domestic outfits churn out diagnostic kits for COVID-19
The fast spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, prompts governments from across the world to try desperately to secure medical staffers, medical equipment, and test kits.
In particular, almost all countries struggle to...
Early on Wednesday morning, people’s eyes were all on a criminal suspect who was accused of blackmailing some 70 women, including minors, into creating illegal sexual videos.
Police officers escorted the 24-year-old man named Cho Joo-bin to the prosecutor’s office,...
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