South Korean prosecutors will file charges on Wednesday against Lotte Group’s chairman, Shin Dong-bin, father and brother alleging they committed offences such as embezzlement and breach of trust worth hundreds of millions of dollars at the family-owned…
A series of prosecution probes on alleged embezzlement and malpractice in subsidiaries of Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group hints that the nation’s fifth-largest family-controlled conglomerate’s chairman Shin Dong-bin may be questioned as well.A high-ranking…
South Korean confectionery manufacturer Lotte Group is planning an eCommerce joint venture with one of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates, the Salim Group, within the next few months with the aim of being up and running by early next year. This follows a new…
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…
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