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LG Innotek unveils faster wireless charger

Oct 12, 2016

Smartphone accessory manufacturer LG Innotek has unveiled a 15-watt wireless charging pad for commercial use, the company said Wednesday. The 15-watt wireless charging transmitter pad can charge a c...
Samsung BioLogics wins approval for IPO

Sept 29, 2016

Samsung BioLogics Co., a medicine-producing subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Group, on Thursday won preliminary approval from the nation's bourse for its listing plan. It allows the firm to start...
[Super Rich] Superrich doctors take scalpel to old management

Sept 29, 2016

“The reluctant executive” was how Forbes magazine described Shin Chang-jae, the chairman of Kyobo Life Insurance, in a cover story in 2010. Despite being the firstborn son of Kyobo Life founder Shin...
[DECODED] SK runs on harmonious kinship, so far

Sept 27, 2016

Chey’s cousins run old businesses almost independently
[DECODED] Chey's control tightens at SK

Sept 27, 2016

The way SK Group reorganized its whopping 88 affiliates and subsidiaries into a holding company structure -- billed as an advanced model of multi-company governance -- is a subject of fervent study b...
[DECODED] Chey leads SK’s global search for growth

Sept 26, 2016

The chief executives of key SK companies have been busy doing homework lately. In front of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and his fellow CEOs, they have to make a presentation next month on ways to ...
[DECODED] Who is Chey Tae-won?

Sept 26, 2016

Behind high drama and chaebol image, an unassuming and embracing boss
[Super Rich] Chaebol modelling for own business

Sept 22, 2016

Instead of hiring glamorous TV stars, some Korean superrich have opted to model for their own business in print or on TV. Commercials featuring big bosses tend to give audience a sense of trustworth...
[Super Rich] Hur Young-in, Korea’s undisputed bread king

Sept 22, 2016

A mega hit Korean television drama “Bread, Love and Dreams” in 2010 features a Korean bakery chaebol’s illegitimate child overcoming all varieties of hardships with passion to make quality bread. Al...
Ottogi vows to enhance social responsibility

Sept 22, 2016

Ottogi Co., a leading food company in South Korea, vowed to continue being devoted to its corporate social responsibility programs. “CSR is one of the most important roles of a company,” a spokesman...
Overseas Korean businesspeople to gather for conference in Jeju

Sept 21, 2016

Some 1,000 Korean businesspeople from around the world will hold a meeting on the southern resort island of Jeju later this month to expand business opportunities and discuss ways to contribute to th...
LG Chem chief rated as top local CEO

Sept 7, 2016

The chief of LG Chem Ltd., a chemical unit of South Korean conglomerate LG Group, has been rated as the best performer among CEOs of the country's top 500 companies, data showed Wednesday. According...
Samsung to shut down streaming radio service in US

Aug 22, 2016

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said it will shut down its two-year streaming radio service, Milk Music, next month, amid media reports that the service has failed to appeal...
SK Telecom becomes top-paying firm in Korea

Aug 18, 2016

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's biggest mobile carrier, became the highest-paying company in the country with an average salary of 67 million won ($60,497) for the first half of the year, according to ...
Foreign startups pitch at accelerator program in Korea

Aug 17, 2016

A group of international entrepreneurs from across the world pitched their business ideas on Wednesday at a startup acceleration event hosted here by the South Korean government. The K-Startup Grand...