GS
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GS is comprised of GS Holdings and various subsidiaries and affiliates including GS Energy, GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS SHOP, GS EPS, GS Global, GS E&R, GS Sports and GS E&C. GS is the 7th largest business group in Korea in terms of assets.
Hanjin Group
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Hanjin group is a holding company that includes Hanjin Shipping and Korean Air (KAL).
Hanwha Group
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Hanwha formerly known as Hankook Hwayak used to mainly operate in chemicals and explosives, but has expanded into securities, insurance, home decor, telecom, retail, logistics, shipping, construction, and resort industries. It owns the Seoul Plaza Hotel and various resorts in Busan and Jeju.
Hyundai Heavy Industries
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Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world's largest shipbuilder, a major builder of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The company is one of the fastest growing companies in construction equipment.
Hyundai Motor
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Korea's largest automaker in terms of units sold per year. The Hyundai logo, a slanted, stylized 'H,' is said to be symbolic of two people (the company and customer) shaking hands. Hyundai means "modernity" in Korean.
LG Corp.
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LG Group produces electronics, mobile phones and petrochemical products . It also operates subsidiaries such as LG Electronics, LG Telecom, Zenith Electronics and LG Chem. Created as an appliance company in 1947 named GoldStar, it later merged with the chemical company Lucky. In 1995, it was renamed "LG," the abbreviation of "Lucky Goldstar". More recently, the company associates its tagline "Life's Good," with the letters LG.
Lotte Group
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Lotte Group consists of over 50 business units engaged in such diverse industries as candy manufacturing, beverages, hotels, fast food, retail, financial services, heavy chemicals, electronics, IT, construction, publishing, and entertainment. Major operations are in Japan, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, USA and Russia.
SK Group
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The SK Group, originally Sunkyung Group, is composed of over 50 affiliate companies that share the SK brand and culture. Its core businesses are energy and telecommunications. Main entity SK Corporation was split into an investment company, now named SK Holdings, and an operating company, now named SK Energy.
Samsung Global
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Since its founding in 1938, Samsung has maintained a mission statement that responds both to its own change, and to new developments in the world: "Economic contribution to the nation", "Priority to human resources", "Pursuit of rationalism." Samsung homepage is serviced in more than 10 languages.