BY BOBBY MCGILL – MAR 23, 2020 he rise of Samsung to become one of the most widely recognizable brands in the world is a remarkable success
Huge pension body continues to protect troubled corporate dynasties, undermining reform efforts
By Geoffrey Cain
Asia Times
Mar 23, 2019
The multi-Oscar-winning film Parasite, a bitterly comic-tragic satire on class divisions and rivalries in South Korea, owes much of its success to the 61-year-old granddaughter of the founder of Korea’s largest chaebol or conglomerate, Lee Byung-Chull.
By Donald Kirk
Forbes
Feb 11, 2020
A U-turn over a free-trade agreement he once championed has critics of the South Korean president questioning both his loyalty to the US and his ability to deliver a more equitable economy
By David Josef Volodzko
South China Morning Post
Mar 4, 2018
Business clans have dominated the country’s economy for decades – but their time may finally be up.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Jun 23, 2017
Lotte is for many South Koreans and Japanese as lamblike a brand as Disney, but behind the amusements parks and cinemas lies a Machiavellian political saga that reads more like a scene from Game of Thrones than The Aristocats.
By David Josef Volodzko
South China Morning Post
Sep 3, 2016
SEOUL, South Korea — Ever since the 2008 economic crisis, Americans have bemoaned the impunity and influence-peddling of Wall Street.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Feb 14, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea — Of course, China is renowned as a tough place to do business. But world’s biggest brand names have a long history of investing major bucks in booming South Korea — only to whiff.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Feb 2, 2015
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