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 ...

The arrest records of some of South Korea’s top corporate chieftains are as remarkable as their commercial success. The leaders of the three biggest chaebol—and at least six members of this year’s ...

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 ...

Season two of Beef is out on Netflix today, with an all-new cast and locale. But the explosive anger, vicious vendettas, and festering class resentments expressed so powerfully in season one remain.

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 ...

The unfolding scandal surrounding Samsung Group's alleged creation of slush funds through its units is expected to negatively affect conglomerate moves to take over banks. Analysts say the allegation ...