The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim In-seop to five years in prison and imposed a restitution of 6.35 billion won for lobbying the Baekhyeon-dong development project. The DP chief Lee Jae-myung has been on trial since November last year.
"Lobby," directed by Actor Ha Jung-woo, wrapped filming on Dec. 27 of last year. Ha himself plays the lead role of a researcher tasked with lobbying the government for a road construction project.
Samsung’s compliance committee has conditionally consented to the company’s rejoining the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI).
Zigbang finalized its acquisition of Samsung SDS’s home internet of things (IoT) unit, the company said on Thursday.
The new chief of Korea’s major business lobby group called on his Japanese counterpart to resume ties and regular exchanges.
Business lobbying groups held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to protest a bill aimed at holding the heads of corporations accountable for workplace death and injury in a last-minute effort ahead of the planned passage of the legislation.
The chiefs of business lobbying groups — who themselves head major conglomerates — filled their New Year’s messages with pleas for deregulation, following a year that saw the passage of bills aimed at increasing scrutiny of corporate governance.
The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the country’s leading business lobby group, said Monday it won the 2020 Van Fleet Award for its contribution to strengthening ties between Korea and the United States.
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