Korean Actress Hyeri, who is also a former member of Korean girl group “Girl’s Day,” revealed that she did not receive a refund after having her airplane seat unilaterally downgraded. Therefore, Delta Air Lines offered an apology in a statement.According to Delta Air Lines, some first-class passenge
In April, an investigation of a Geomdan New City apartment complex in Incheon where an underground parking lot collapsed found that 19, or 60 percent, of the 32 parking lot pillars had no reinforcing bars (rebar) at all. The missing rebar was blamed as the main direct cause of the parking lot collap
The collapse of the underground parking lot at an apartment in Geomdan New City, Incheon, which occurred in April this year, was found to have been caused by shoddy construction by GS Engineering & Construction(GS E&C).The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport revealed the results of the C
The South Korean Supreme Court's final ruling in 2019 in favor of those forced to labor during the Japanese occupation led to a serious deterioration of Korea-Japan relations.To improve relations with Japan despite public opposition, President Yoon Suk-yeol formulated a proposal for third-party
A methanol poisoning accident at a second-tier partner of a Samsung Electronics plant in Vietnam killed one person and injured about 30 others.While Vietnamese authorities are investigating whether a local supplier delivered fake ethanol mixed with a large amount of methanol to the partner, Samsung
Complaints about power failure of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Watch 4 are spreading in major online communities. Users are complaining that their watches won't charge or power on. Samsung Electronics acknowledged that some watches have such errors, saying that it will repair them free of charge.
Fake news and information are following one after another regarding President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent visits to the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The spread of such news and information has been led by left-wingers’ terrestrial broadcasting programs.It is MBC that spread the most seri
Samsung Electronics’ U.S. subsidiary has apologized for leaking some customer information due to a cyberattack in July. The information leak took place half a year after the company was attacked by the international hacker organization Lapsus$ in March.Samsung Electronics America posted an apology o
Samsung Electronics has issued an official apology for the recent series of glass door breakage of its drum washers and started to provide free door replacement services.“Recently, there have been cases where the door glass of some Samsung Electronics drum washing machine models came off due to poor
The author is chairman of the Asia-Pacific Interchange Association -- Ed. It has been 18 years since 2004, when I started investigating the actual situation and truth of the victims of forced mobilization during the War of Resistance against Japan. In the meantime, the remains of 177 people have ret
POSCO chairman Choi Jung-woo has apologized to the public again for the death of a worker at the company's steelworks in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province.According to POSCO, an employee from Samhee ENC, a POSCO subcontractor, died on Jan. 20 while working at POSCO’s No. 3 Coke Plant. He was hit
KakaoPay CEO Ryu Young-joon is facing severe criticism after his stock option exercise. Although he apologized, more and more people are opposed to him becoming a co-CEO of Kakao, which is scheduled for March, and calling for his resignation.On Dec. 10, the eight KakaoPay executives including Ryu so
Civic groups held a press conference on Oct. 20 and claimed that McDonald’s Korea has yet to pay a wage of 50 billion won to its 15,000 or so part-time workers.“The amount includes 14 billion won related to changing clothes and the rest is because the company undercalculated their working hours as c
A conflict has flared up among Hyundai Motor's unionists over the distribution of work among factories.The Hyundai Motor Labor-Management Employment Security Committee failed to hold its fourth meeting scheduled to be held at the automaker’s plant in Ulsan on Sept. 30. The labor and management w
A part-time workers’ union, the Justice Party and the Political Mamas declared a boycott against McDonald’s Korea in a news conference on Aug. 9. They protested McDonald’s Korea's use of past-expiration date hamburger buns and passing the buck to a part-time worker after it was uncovered.Althoug
China's HiSense, the world's fourth-largest TV maker in terms of market share, infringed on LG Electronics' patents and eventually signed a license agreement with the Korean TV giant.LG Electronics and HiSense submitted the agreement between the two companies to the California District C
Hyundai Motor’s Namyang Research Institute has reportedly found problems with the batteries of recalled Kona Electric.The research institute has been investigating the cause of a recent series of Kona EV fires.Citing an anonymous industry source, an Internet media outlet reported on Feb. 10 that the
The author is an analyst of Shinhan Investment Corp. He can be reached at sh.kim@shinhan.com. -- Ed. Governance structure stabilized with removal of long-term noiseThere has long been noise around the transfer of control of Samsung Group from the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee to his son Lee Jae-yong, wh
Park Keun-hee, CEO of CJ Logistics, issued a public apology on Oct. 22 and announced measures to prevent a recurrence of the tragic incident in which a courier working for the company is believed to have died of overwork. The most noticeable action is an increase in pre-delivery package sorting manp
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. We expect Covid-19 to have a relatively limited impact on Samsung C&T, noting that: 1) the construction division’s earnings remain stable thanks to its captive clients; and 2) higher plant util