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The Hyundai Motor and Kia logos are seen at the firms' headquarters in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Jan. 23. [NEWS1]

Hyundai Motor Group trims at the top in future-focused reshuffle

Hyundai Motor Group strengthened its manufacturing and research leadership, elevated Kia’s North America chief to president and left its top future mobility software post unfilled in a 2025 year-end reshuffle.

2025.12.18

Employees of Samsung Electronics are seen entering the compnay's headquarters in Seocho District, southern Seoul on July 10. [NEWS1]

Samsung Electronics promotes 161 executives amid AI drive

Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has promoted 161 executives under its regular personnel reshuffle in line with efforts to bolster readiness for the global AI boom.

2025.11.25

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Vice Chair Hur Jin-soo, formerly the president, is the chief strategy officer and head of the global business unit of Paris Croissant, SPC’s bakery unit. [SPC]

SPC announces major leadership reshuffles for global expansion and to restore trust

SPC Group announced on Tuesday a major leadership reshuffle as part of efforts to strengthen its global expansion strategy and restore trust after a series of crises. The move includes new appointments and promotions at the executive level.

2025.11.4

Office workers in suits walk across a street in Jongno District, central Seoul in this file photo [YONHAP]

Korea’s top companies cut executive numbers by 100 amid economic uncertainty

The number of executives at Korea’s 100 largest companies has fallen by about 100 over the past year, reflecting cost-cutting amid growing economic uncertainty, according to new data released Monday.

2025.10.27

This file photo taken on Nov. 13, 2024, shows a meeting of female businesspeople held in Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi. [YONHAP]

Women make up over 8% of executives at Korean firms for first time

The proportion of female executives at Korea's top companies has more than doubled over the past six years to surpass 8 percent for the first time, an industry report showed Tuesday.

2025.7.8

More women in corporate leadership roles in Korea

Of the 100 companies surveyed by UnicoSearch, a headhunting firm, 5.6 percent of leadership positions were held by women. This is the first time the 5-percent mark has been broken.

2022.8.11

A picture of Kakao's office in Pangyo, Gyeonggi [KAKAO]

[THINK ENGLISH] 카카오, 상장 후 임원들의 주식 매각 금지

Kakao is now prohibiting its executives and executives of related companies from selling shares for a certain period of time following an initial public offering.

2022.1.19

Newly appointed CJ CheilJedang CEO Choi Eun-seok. [CJ CORPORATION]

CJ names new CEOs, many of them younger

CJ Group named new CEOs at key companies, including CJ CheilJedang, as part of its annual personnel reshuffle.

2020.12.10

Eastar Jet CEO Choi Jong-gu at the airline’s headquarters in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on Monday after the shareholder meeting ended abruptly and had to be rescheduled. [YONHAP]

Jeju's second no-show suggests Eastar deal doomed

The acquisition of Eastar Jet was brought further into doubt as the cash-strapped buyer of the airline failed for a second time in almost two weeks to deliver a list of key appointments.

2020.7.6

A sign at a drug store in Emart inSeongsu-dong, eastern Seoul, indicates that it accepts the emergency disasterrelief funds. [EMART]

Give away my free money? I don't think so.

A government and management-led campaign to return emergency disaster relief grants — 1 million won ($810) for a family of four — is not gaining much traction, as employees resist returning the money and local governments said it would be better ...

2020.5.18