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...“It’s a boys’ club,” said Ju-hyun, 45, whose name has also been changed. She is the only woman in a team of 20 managers at a prominent South Korean company....
...“When you look at the way she is being treated by the generals and her father in the photos, she is being presented not just as a daughter, but as a princess,” said Go Myong-hyun, senior fellow at the Asan...
...Additional reporting by Sherry Fei Ju in Beijing...
...“For now there is no regulation or guideline from the government,” said Sohn Ju-hyun an analyst with KPMG’s sustainability practice in Seoul....
...Among those pardoned in earlier Augusts by former president Park were SK’s Chey, in 2015, and Lee Jay-hyun, Lee Jae-yong’s cousin and head of retailer CJ group, in 2016....
...The case implicated dozens of top officials, including Kim Hyun-chul, the son of then-president Kim Young-sam, who served three years in prison on bribery charges....
...“The company is likely to face further pressure to improve governance under the younger Cho,” said Park Ju-geun, head of research group CEO Score....
...Misogyny and violence towards women remain “very common”, said Hyun-joo Mo, a researcher in Korean youth culture at the University of North Carolina....
...Its founder Kim Jung-ju also said he was looking at various options to make the company more competitive globally....
...Founder Kim Jung-ju plans to sell a controlling 98.6 per cent stake in Nexon’s holding company NXC, held by himself and his wife, according to people close to the situation....
...“Although they are publicly listed companies, they are still managed like private companies owned by the controlling families,” said Park Ju-geun, head of corporate research group CEO Score....
...Park Ju-geun, head of watchdog CEO Score, echoed the sentiment, saying: “Samsung cannot declare transparent management while [Mr Lee] remains on the board.”...
...“Pyongyang, which I last visited seven years ago, has changed so much that I couldn’t recognise it,” said Hyun Jeong-eun, chairwoman of Hyundai Group, in a statement after her trip....
...Park Ju-geun, head of research firm CEO Score, said “concerns of a hostile takeover attempt by foreign hedge funds at this stage seem overblown”....
...Kim Hyun-woong, the justice minister, and Kim Soo-nam, the prosecutor-general, made public apologies and promised fundamental reforms....
...Analysts say Samsung Electronics' three key executives - Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun, President Yoon Boo-keun and President Shin Jong-kyun - are strong candidates for the job....
...It was the main sponsor of the soap opera My Love from the Star, whose female lead Jeon Ji-hyun sparked a buying craze in China. Yet he is cautious about relying on the phenomenon....
...Park Ju-geun, head of the research service CEO Score, said Mr Chey’s confinement may have complicated strategic decision-making, pointing to SK companies’ weak performance in some new business areas such...
...Kim Hyun-suk, vice-president of visual display, and Jun Young-hyun, vice-president of memory chips, became presidents while Lee Yun-tae, vice-president of the LCD business, became the president of affiliate...
...However, his imprisonment — along with that of the chairmen of Hanwha, CJ and LIG, and Cho Hyun-ah of Korean Air — suggests a sterner approach from the courts in recent years....
...Efforts to ease “exits” by early-stage investors – such as the establishment of a new small-cap stock market – have also been welcome, says Lee Hyun-ju, vice-president of Coolidge Corner Investment, a Seoul-based...
...“Hyundai Elevator has suffered massive losses . . . to help Ms Hyun maintain her management control over Hyundai Merchant Marine,” said Hwang Ju-myung, a lawyer for Schindler....
...From modest beginnings – a rice shop – founder Chung Ju-yung created an industrial monolith....
...Mr Chung could appear a natural choice to rebuild the empire as he is the son of Chung Ju-yung, Hyundai’s founder. Hyundai Motor has Won5,000bn ($4.3bn) in cash....
...Her rivals also fear she will play up the fact that Chung Ju-yung, Hyundai’s founder, favoured her late husband as his heir, intervening on his behalf in public spats with Mong-koo....
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