South Korea’s chaebol scions indicted for using, distributing marijuana So far, 20 people have been indicted on charges of drug distribution in 2022. Cannabis is an illegal drug in South Korea.

The chaebol structure refers to a business conglomerate system that originated in South Korea in the 1960s creating global multinationals with huge international operations.

South Korea has yet to fully implement the North Korean Human Rights Law that came into effect in September 2016, and failed to establish the North Korea Human Rights Foundation, designed to ...

The chaebol . have been at the heart of South Korea’s breathtaking economic achievements since Ms Park’s father, the authoritarian leader Park Chung-hee, fostered a select group of business ...

Who Are the Candidates for South Korea’s 2025 ... is a former human rights and labor lawyer whose early political career was marked by years of defeat ... wherein a handful of chaebols ...

While South Korea's economic rise is often praised, the dominance of chaebols (large family-controlled conglomerates) underscores the nation's deep structural inequality.

Both are among South Korea’s chaebols, the heavily state-subsidized, family-owned corporate conglomerates that have dominated the country’s economy since the 1960s.

Discover what Chaebols are, their crucial role in South Korea's economic growth, and how these family-owned conglomerates like Samsung, Hyundai, and LG have shaped the nation's industry ...

Exit polls project a win for the veteran center-left leader—closing a tumultuous chapter in South Korea's politics, writes Ian Bremmer.

(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to address human rights problems in the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Lee Jae-myung ...

South Korea Takes Step to Make Chaebols Answer to Investors. Youkyung Lee . Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 2:44 AM 3 min read (Bloomberg) -- South Korean lawmakers voted to expand corporate boards ...