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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 ...
Tristar Electronics; sometimes shortened to SEC and stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation founded on 13 January 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. [1] It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in ...
Chung Ju-yung (1915–2001) founded the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company in 1947. Hyundai Motor Company was later established in 1967, and the company's first model, the Cortina, was released in cooperation with Ford Motor Company in 1968. [ 12] When Hyundai wanted to develop their own car, they hired George Turnbull in February ...
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.
Hyundai Group ( Korean : 현대그룹; Korean pronunciation: [ˈhjəːndɛ] [ 1]) is a South Korean conglomerate founded by Chung Ju-yung. The group was founded in 1947 as a construction company. With government assistance, Chung and his family members rapidly expanded into various industries, eventually becoming South Korea's second chaebol.
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.
Doosan Group ( Korean : 두산그룹; Hanja : 斗山그룹) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation. In 2009, the corporation was placed in the Fortune Global 500 index. [ 1] It is the parent company of Bobcat and Škoda Power. Doosan Group is the oldest running company in South Korea [ 2] and is ranked as one of the world's ...
LG. LG Corporation (or LG Group ), [ b] formerly known as Lucky-Goldstar, [ c] is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is the fourth-largest chaebol (family-run conglomerate) in South Korea. Its headquarters are in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong ...