However, this is not a surprise. Thanks to their own political and economic clout and existing regulatory ambiguities, the chaebols, can dodge regulatory efforts and outside pressure to strengthen ...

The trial is significant because South Korea's family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebols, used to be considered untouchable because they have powered much of the country's economic growth.

We expanded this analysis to all the top three firms across sectors. We found that the vast majority of these large firms ...

From massive family-run “chaebols” to smaller enterprises, succession is expensive business in corporate Korea, one of just five of the 36 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation ...

South Korea tackled difficult economic reforms following the crisis, including restructuring some chaebols, increasing labor market flexibility, and opening up to more foreign investment and imports.

While chaebols have fueled the rapid growth of the Korean economy, concerns about their opaque governance and controlling shareholder interests often deter external investors. Japan’s zaibatsu ...

For Do-hee the designer shoes symbolize the Cinderella life she lives while serving the needs of cruel and careless chaebols. As the general manager of corporate strategy for Eunsung Group ...

As Vietnam enters a new era of national advancement, the private sector is casting off the struggles of the past to thrive ...

Between stagnant wages, surging home prices, near-record household debt and the outsized dominance of family-owned ...

Korea stocks have long been stuck because of governance-related issues, in part to its history of family-controlled business ...

This is about U$133 billion in today’s money. It is larger than the revenues of today’s conglomerates like General Electric ...