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KEPCO's overseas investments suffered deficit

By 이현정

Published : Aug. 12, 2016 - 08:15

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[THE INVESTOR] A number of Korea Electric Power Corp.’s investment corporations in foreign countries were found to have suffered deficits, a report showed Friday.

According to corporate tracker Chaebul.com’s data, 30 out of 51 overseas investment corporations recorded business losses last year, making up 60 percent of the total. 

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Total assets of the 51 investment corporations stood at 28.9 trillion won ($26.2 billion), while net profit was 234 billion won last year, accounting for 0.8 percent of total assets.

The state-controlled company may have suffered massive losses from its overseas resources projects, as they were pushed during the Lee Myung-bak administration without enough feasibility tests, industry insiders said.


By Lee Hyun-jeong/ The Korea Herald (rene@herald.com)

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