Shareholders of Lotte’s Japanese holding company voted to retain imprisoned Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin as director, dashing his estranged older brother Shin Dong-joo’s hopes to take over the position. At the meeting held at Lotte Holdings’…
The chief of South Korean retail giant Lotte Group was sacked on Wednesday as an executive member of Japan-based Kojunsha Corp., the group’s virtual holding firm, in the latest step taken by his elder brother to gain control over South Korea’s No. 5…
Sign up and we notify you about new features and Add-Ons By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) — The chief of South Korean retail giant Lotte Group pledged Thursday to untangle a cobweb of cross-shareholding among its affiliates and speed up the listing…
Turmoil has erupted atop South Korea’s largest retail giant Lotte Group, shining a spotlight on one of the biggest family feuds the country has seen. The week began with 92-year-old Lotte founder Shin Kyuk Ho and his eldest son flying to Japan to fire a group…
The 60-year-old chairman on Thursday became chairman of Lotte Holdings, the holding company of the Lotte Group in Japan, which was previously held by his brother Shin Dong-joo. This sealed his control of Lotte operations in both Korea and Japan. It is…
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