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KAI renews CEO’s term

By Korea Herald

Published : May 4, 2016 - 13:57

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The nation’s sole aircraft-maker Korea Aerospace Industries said the company decided to renew the three-year term for CEO Ha Sung-yong.

KAI said in a filing that the decision came at an extraordinary shareholders meeting at the company’s headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, on Wednesday.

KAI president Ha Sung-yong (Yonhap) KAI president Ha Sung-yong (Yonhap)

Under Ha’s leadership, KAI last year clinched a deal with Indonesia -- 20 percent cost sharing for the Korean Fighter Experimental program.

The KF-X project aims to develop and mass-produce homegrown dual-engine combat airplanes by 2025.

Prior to taking office as CEO in 2013, Ha worked at the KAI for more than 20 years.

By Kim Yoon-mi (yoonmi@heraldcorp.com)