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Location of South Korea. South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. [1] Highly urbanized at 92%, [2] South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle; half of them live in high-rises [3] concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents [4] and the world's sixth-leading global city [5] with the fourth-largest economy [6 ...
List of largest companies of South Korea. Corporate headquarter buildings of Big 4 Chaebol groups; Samsung, Hyundai Motors, SK, and LG (Clockwise from top left) This article lists the largest companies in South Korea in terms of their revenue, net profit, total assets and market value according to American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.
Lotte Group is a corporate group started by Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-ho in Tokyo on June 28, 1948, starting with the Japanese Lotte Co., composed of Lotte Holdings (Japan) and Lotte Corporation (South Korea). [ 1][ 2] Shin expanded Lotte to his ancestral country, South Korea, with the establishment of Lotte Confectionery in Seoul on April 3 ...
Kakao. McCune–Reischauer. K'ak'ao. Kakao Corporation ( Korean: 카카오) is a South Korean Internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc in 2010. The company was renamed Daum Kakao in 2014. [ 5] In 2015 it was rebranded once more, reverting simply to Kakao.
McCune–Reischauer. Hanhwa Sollusyŏn. Hanwha Solutions Corporation ( Korean: 한화솔루션) is a multinational energy services, petrochemical, and real estate development company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The company is part of the Hanwha Group, a large South Korean business conglomerate. Founded in 1965 as Hanwha Chemical, the ...
SK Group began when the current founders acquired Sunkyong Textiles (founded during the Japanese rule as a joint venture between two Japanese companies, Senman Chutan and Kyoto-based Kyoto Orimono Company) from South Korean government as abandoned property of Japan in 1953. [4] In 1958, the company manufactured Korea's first polyester fiber on ...
Internet TLD. .kr. .한국. South Korea, [ c] officially the Republic of Korea ( ROK ), [ d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone; though it also claims the land border with China and Russia.
ATT R&D (2000–2016) Cony Motor Company (2014–2017) Daewoo Motors (1972–2011) (Replaced by GM Korea) Keohwa (1974–1984) (Acquired by SsangYong Motor, now KG Mobility) Proto Motors (1997–2017) Saehan Motors (1976–1983) (Acquired by Daewoo Motors) Shinjin Motors (1955–1984) (Acquired by SsangYong Motor, now KG Mobility) Sibal (1955 ...