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LG Chem Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol. (Photo: LG Chem)LG Chem has reorganized its business structure under the stewardship of new Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol. The restructuring calls for inaugurating a advanced materials business headquarters. LG Chem reshaped its business structure - four business…
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Vice chairman Kim Kyo-hyun of Lotte Chem.Lotte Chemical logged 16.545 trillion won in sales, 1.968 trillion won in operating profit and 1.678 trillion won in net profit in 2018. The company announced the provisional figures based on a consolidated financial statement. The 2018 sales represent a 4 pe…
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President Hur Sae-hong of GS Caltex.(Photo: GS Caltex)GS Caltex will invest 2.7 trillion won to build an olefin plant for completion in 2021 to turn out 700,000 tons of ethylene and 500,000 tons of polyethylene annually.The second-largest oil refinery in Korea signed an agreement with SK Energy to s…
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President & CEO Moon Dong-joon of Kumho Petrochemical. / Kim Sun-kyu, head of the management division of Kumho Petrochemical. / President Shin Woo-sung of Kumho B&P Chemical.Former President Moon Dong-joon of Kumho P&B Chemicals has been appointed president & CEO of Kumho…
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President Kim Young-sang of the Daewoo International unveils the new name in a ceremony held on Feb. 18 from POSCO Daewoo, its old name. (Photo: POSCO International)POSCO Group changed the name of POSCO Daewoo, its international integrated trading house, formerly Daewoo International, to POSCO Inter…
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The late chairman Cho Yang-ho of Hanjin Group. (Photo: Hanjin Group)The sudden death of Chairman Cho Yang-ho of Hanjin Group and Korean Air has put the business group into an emergency management mode, and his son and Korean Air President Cho Won-tae, is expected to emerge to the management front as…
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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jay-yong. (Photos: Samsung Electronics)As 5G smartphones are enjoying more early popularity than expected, Samsung Electronics plans to expand the production of modem chips for 5G telcom communications and solutions used for those smartphones. Samsung Electronic…
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Views of the best-selling “Water Sleeping Mask,” produced by AmorePacific.AmorePacific’s brand “Laneige” is entering the European market.Starting April, AmorePacific is opening Laneige outlets at about 800 Sephora shops in 18 European countries, including France, Russia, Spain and Italy, to tap…
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Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon.Hyosung Group is building up a shared growth regime based on the group’s management tenet: the competitiveness of its cooperative companies is a driving force behind its growth. Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon has stressed the significance of shared growth,…
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A view of the new Sonata, which was released at KINTEX in Goyang, north of Seoul, on March 21.“Sonata is expected to shed the conventional concept of a popular car.”Executive Vice President Lee Sang-yup, head of Hyundai Motor Design Center, made the remarks at a ceremony to release the eighth-gene…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group surpassed annual net profit of 5 trillion won in 2024, as its non-banking affiliates led the way in improving performance amid KB Kookmin Bank’s stagnant bu…
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Chairman Jin Ok-dong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group posted a net profit of 4,571.5 billion won in 2024, an increase of 3.4 percent from the previous year. Shinhan Bank, in particular, is expec…
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IBK signs a business agreement with Germany's Commerzbank AG to support small and medium-sized enterprises. Kim Sung-tae, president of IBK poses for a photo with Michael Kotzbauer, vice chairman of Commerzbank AG. (Photo: IBK)IBK announced on March 7…
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Joo Hyung-hwan, vice chairman of the National Committee for Low Birthrate and Aging Society poses for a photo with KB Kookmin Bank officials in a work-life balance meeting on Feb. 25. (Photo: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank is practicing win-win fina…
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