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Now in Korea, the problem of power harassment by a chaebol involving a mother and a daughter is giving rise to controversy.
Please look at here.
People who are wearing “mask” like uniform to participate in a protest are the “active staff” of Korean Air.
On 4 May, regarding the management family who are pointed out to have successive power harassment acts, a protest was held calling for their resignation.
The mask is intended to prevent individuals to be identified in the company.
In the meantime, finally, the police started a full-scale investigation against Lee Myung-hee-shi, the wife of Chairman.
Here is a video footage in 2014 which a woman looked like Lee Myung-hee-shi dragged around and thrust away staff at a construction site of hotel.
According to Yonhap News Agency, after obtaining the testimony of the victims at that time, the policy began a full-scale investigation on suspicion of “assault and obstruction of business”.
Their direction is to conduct the hearing to Lee herself.
Cho Hyun-ah-shi, daughter of Lee Myung-hee-shi, who had been the vice president of Korean Air, caused the so-called “Nut Rage Incident”, ordering the airplane to return to the gate just before takeoff, and she was called “Nut princess”.
Her sister Cho Hyun-min-shi, who had been the senior vice president of the company, raised her voice in anger during a meeting with an advertising agency, and allegedly threw a drink, and she was called “Pouring water princess”.
What is in the background behind the successive scandals in the Korean chaebols?
Starting from Samsung with the top total assets, Hyundai Motor Company, Lotte, Hanjin Group owning Korean Air, and Hanwha Group etc., these groups are called the “top 10 Korean chaebols”.
There is also a survey that the sales of the top 10 Korean chaebols reaches 76.5% of the actual GDP in Korean economy. (2011)
Thus far, the overwhelming power which became proud was that, since 1960, the Korean “government” and “chaebols” cooperated and the Korean economy has been growing rapidly.
The government continued to give preferential treatments to the chaebols which increased the exports, such as subsidiaries and making their inroads into various fields.
This leads to the fact that world famous companies such as “Samsung Electronics”, “Hyundai Motor”, and “LG Electronics” were born, boosting the Korean economy to the world’s top class.
On the other hand, many chaebols are “family owned” where the founders and their family members grasp all the power of management.
While in such top-down management model the decisions of operation would be bold and fast, becoming a driving force for the rapid growth, various problems are also occurring.
In Hanwha Group, the “3rd generation” who is the grandson of the founder and the second son of the current Chairman was indicted for allegedly smoking cannabis, while the third son was charged with slapping the cheeks of some attorneys in an izakaya in 2017.
The de facto top (3rd generation) of Samsung Group was arrested in 2017 with suspicion of giving huge amount of bribe to the former President Park Geun-hye and her friend.
The citizens are tired with the non-stopping “chaebol scandals”,
there are also reports that the “chaebol stories” taking chaebol as the theme which was once the “regular topic” of Korea drama are having low audience rating in Korea.
According to Professor Kimiya Tadashi of the University of Tokyo Graduate School who is familiar with the Korean economy,
"For Korea it is some kind of "successful model" that the economy grows in a cooperative relationship between the government and the chaebols.
It cannot be simply desolated."
Source: NEWS ZERO Ichimen (http://www.ntv.co.jp/zero/ichimen/2018/05/post-362.html)
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