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  • Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone
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  • N. Korean, U.S. envoys continue talks on summit agenda
  • Vietnam summit will be more productive than Singapore summit: ex-CIA offici...
  • S. Korea's average foodstuff price rises sharply in Q4 on summer heat
  • Bolton cancels trip to S. Korea: White House
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  • Aug 30, 2017    미분류

    [Management in Korea] Defusing the gender diversity time bomb

    Management in Korea is a regular column written by the members of Egon Zhender Seoul touching on various aspects of Korean enterprises and business leaders and offering management tips.-- Ed.The persistent gender imbalance among Korea’s business leaders is well known. According to one recent study, only 2.4 percent of the executives of publicly listed Korean companies are women, compared with 12.4 percent for the Asia-Pacific region. And in Egon Zehnder’s 2016 Global Board Diversity Analysis, on

  • Korea's Paris Baguette to open more stores in US

    South Korea's food and beverage giant SPC Group said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of stores of its bakery chain Paris Baguette in the United States as part of its global expansion drive."We will increase the number of Paris Baguette stores in operation in the US to 300 by 2020 and create up to 10,000 new jobs," SPC Group Chairman Hur Young-in said during a meeting with Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee.  The undated file photo provided by

    Aug 29, 2017

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  • T'way Air to add route to Bangkok in Oct.

    T'way Air Co., one of South Korea's six budget carriers, said Tuesday it will add a new route to Bangkok in October to strengthen services on non-Chinese routes.With the 189-seat B737-800 jet, T'way Air will begin services on the Daegu-Bangkok route beginning Oct. 29, the low-cost carrier said in a statement. From three airports -- Incheon International Airport, Gimpo International Airport and Daegu International Airport -- it currently operates one domestic route to Jeju Island and 11 internati

    Aug 29, 2017

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  • LG to expand overseas release of premium home appliances

    LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will release its premium home appliances in more overseas markets, starting with the United Arab Emirates and Australia this month.The South Korean tech giant said the Signature home appliances will reach out to Russia in September and Italy in October as well, eventually to around 10 new countries by the end of this year. (Yonhap)In line with the move, LG said it hosted a showcase event in Dubai on Tuesday, inviting business partners to promote high-end fea

    Aug 23, 2017

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  • Jeju Air to add new route to Japan in Nov.

    Jeju Air Co., South Korea's leading budget carrier, said Monday it will add another route to Japan to offset falling demand on Chinese routes.Jeju Air plans to operate flights on the Incheon-Matsuyama route from Nov. 2, bring the total number of Japanese cities it serves to seven, the company said in a statement. The low-cost carrier currently serves routes to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo and Okinawa, it said. (Yonhap)In 2016, Jeju Air served 1.97 million passengers on 11 routes to the

    Aug 21, 2017

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  • Air Busan adds A321-200 to fleet

    Air Busan Co. has added an A321-200 jet to strengthen its services, bringing the number of its fleet to 21, the company said Friday. The 220-seat plane will be mainly operated on the domestic routes to Jeju Island, with two planes scheduled to be added within this year, Air Busan said in a statement.  (Yonhap)On domestic routes, nearly 60 percent of customers opt to use low-cost carriers in the January-May period due to improved safety control and competitive prices. In 2016, the country's six b

    Aug 18, 2017

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  • Lotte founder loses last remaining board seat from affiliate

    The founder of South Korean retail giant Lotte lost his last remaining board member seat at the affiliate of the conglomerate, effectively leaving the management scene, the business group said Wednesday.The board of directors of Lotte Aluminum Co., a packaging material firm, decided not to extend the term of Shin Kyuk-ho on the decision-making body. The move by the affiliate marks the complete departure of Shin from the running of the company that he started with the founding of Dongbang Alumi I

    Aug 9, 2017

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  • Hanwha to turn 850 temporary workers into permanent employees

    Hanwha Group said Tuesday it will turn 850 temporary workers into permanent employees by the first half of next year, a decision that will mostly benefit young workers at its services affiliates.Group officials said each affiliate will begin work evaluations of each temporary worker from next month for a phased transfer to permanent positions. About 660 of these workers are in the services sector of the group, including duty-free shop operator Hanwha Galleria and leisure affiliate Hanwha Hotels

    Aug 1, 2017

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  • Lotte Duty Free withdraws from Jakarta airport

    Lotte Duty Free, South Korea's top duty-free operator, said Tuesday it has pulled out of an airport in the capital city of Indonesia last month, after an unsuccessful bid to extend the contract.Lotte's duty-free store in Jakarta International Airport closed Monday after its contract expired, the company said. Opened in January 2012, it was the firm's first overseas store. The closure comes at a time when local duty-free stores are struggling to cope with the diplomatic row between Seoul and Beij

    Aug 1, 2017

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  • Korean convenience store chain taps Vietnam

    GS Retail Co., a major convenience store chain operator, said Monday it has signed an agreement with a Vietnamese company to make inroads into the Southeast Asian market.The Korean firm said it signed a deal with SonKim Group in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday to set up a joint venture with a plan to open the first GS25 store in the Vietnamese city within the year.The announcement came as the competition in South Korea's convenience store business, dominated by three chains -- CU, GS25 and 7-Eleven

    Jul 31, 2017

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  • T'way partners with Sky Angkor Airlines to develop routes

    T'way Air Co., one of South Korea's six budget carriers, has formed business ties with Sky Angkor Airlines in Cambodia to develop new routes and cooperate in flight operations, the company said Monday. On Friday in Phnom Penh, the two airlines signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop new routes and operate their existing routes, T'way Air said in a statement.  (Yonhap)Through the partnership, T'way Air expects to strengthen its services on routes to Vietnam and Cambodia, popular d

    Jul 31, 2017

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  • LG Display to focus capital spending on OLED

    LG Display Co. said Thursday it will suspend making investments in liquid-crystal display panels for TVs, and instead focus its efforts on developing the next-generation organic light-emitting diode panels."There will be no additional investment on LCD TVs," said Han Sang-beom, the head of LG Display. "There still will be investment for LCD products in the IT sector as there is demand for high-end monitors and laptops," Han said. LG Display said Tuesday it will invest 7.8 trillion won ($6.9 bill

    Jul 27, 2017

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  • SK Innovation to pay out 1st interim dividends

    SK Innovation Co., South Korea's top oil refiner, said Wednesday that it has decided to pay out its first-ever interim dividends worth 149 billion won ($133 million) to boost shareholder value.In a regulatory filing, SK Innovation said it will pay out 1,600 won per one common and preferred share each.Last year, the refiner paid out 6,400 won per share following 4,800 won per stock each in 2015. (Yonhap)"After reviewing a variety of options for shareholder-friendly management, we decided to pay o

    Jul 26, 2017

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  • LG Display considering various options to raise fund for investment

    LG Display Co. said Wednesday it is considering various options, including loans, to fund its major investment plan announced earlier this week aimed at beefing up its competitiveness in the organic light-emitting diode panels."While funds for investment, in principle, should be raised from businesses, they should also come in a timely manner," the company said during a conference call with investors.The remark came after LG Display said it will invest 7.8 trillion won ($6.9 billion) to build fa

    Jul 26, 2017

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  • CJ Cheiljedang to build production base in Vietnam

    CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea's leading processed foods maker, said Tuesday it will spend 70 billion won ($63 million) on building a new production complex in Vietnam to expand its presence in the Southeast Asian market.The Korean firm said it held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the 66,000 square meter base in Ho Chi Minh City.When the construction is complete by July next year, the new base is expected to produce up to 60,000 tons of foodstuffs, including both refrigerated and frozen

    Jul 25, 2017

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