SEOUL – South Korea's president-elect asked the leaders of the country's big businesses, or chaebol, on Wednesday to think twice before cutting jobs, saying it was time for the conglomerates her ...

In 1988, the heads of South Korea’s major business conglomerates (known as ‘chaebols’) were questioned by lawmakers regarding corruption allegations linked to their relationship with then president ...

Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee passed away on 25 October this year. Hailed for transforming Samsung from a producer of cheap manufactured products into South Korea’s high-tech leader, Lee also ...

Reforming chaebol has been a key-agenda issue for any new administration. The Park Geun-hye government is also trying to grapple with this. A renowned British scholar offers a solution that defies the ...