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Virus worries keep regional investors on edge
Business, Published on 25/01/2020
» Recap: Emerging market assets stabilised following a roller-coaster week marked by rising concern about the coronavirus outbreak in China. While the World Health Organization said there was no need to declare a global health emergency, Southeast Asian indices ended lower yesterday.
Lotte chairman gets suspended jail for embezzlement
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/12/2017
» SEOUL: A South Korean court handed Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin a suspended prison term after a year-long trial in which prosecutors charged top executives at the South Korean conglomerate with embezzlement and breach of fiduciary duty.
South Korean market set for record IPO year
Business, Reuters, Published on 29/03/2016
» HONG KONG: Riding a Seoul stocks revival, some of South Korea's biggest family firms are set to clean house this year with multi-billion dollar initial public offerings that will fire the country to a record year for new listings.
Duty-free loss piles woes on troubled Lotte Group
AFP, Published on 18/11/2015
» SEOUL - Troubled South Korean retail giant Lotte, already struggling with a prolonged founder-family feud, has seen its business woes deepen with the loss of the state licence for one of its biggest duty-free shops ahead of a key IPO.
Lotte chief wins key battle in family feud
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» SEOUL - The chairman of South Korea's Lotte Group secured crucial shareholder support Monday in his bitter struggle against his father and elder brother for control of the family-run retail giant.
Family feud-riven South Korean retail giant vows reform
AFP, Published on 11/08/2015
» SEOUL - The head of South Korea's Lotte Group on Tuesday vowed a new era of corporate governance and transparency as he apologised for the family feud engulfing the beleaguered retail giant.
Korea Inc struggles to keep it in the family
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» SEOUL - With bitterly feuding siblings, attempted boardroom coups and an act of corporate patricide, the family squabble currently engulfing one of Korea's largest conglomerates makes for compelling drama.
Lotte tower rises, and leery Koreans watch
Business, New York Times, Published on 20/07/2015
» SEOUL: For people hiking in the hills around Seoul, it is an unmistakable sight: the Lotte World Tower taking shape like a gigantic bamboo shoot.