plural chaebol also chaebols
: a family-controlled industrial conglomerate in South Korea
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In-ha with his schoolwork and also offers pointers on how to manage his hostile chaebol family.
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The entitled chaebol does not actually care about anyone else or even assign much value to human life.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The Samsung chaebol has deep ties to the South Korean government, so government officials reportedly arranged meetings between Samsung and LG (which is also a South Korean company) so LG could supply larger panels to Samsung to keep the giant competitive.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 14 July 2023
The Koo family is one of a few wealthy clans — along with the Lee family at Samsung, Hyundai’s Chung family and SK’s Chey family — who run the conglomerates known as chaebols that have dominated South Korea’s economy for decades.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Then along came the Korean chaebols led by Samsung, followed by smaller, nimbler Taiwanese manufacturers, who together toppled the Japanese giants, just as the Japanese had previously dethroned U.S. rivals such as Fairchild, RCA, Zenith, and Motorola.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2014
There was a popular Korean drama titled Super Rookie about a man who becomes a new employee at a chaebol company due to a computer error giving him full marks on his entrance exam.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 11 July 2023
Shares in Kakao and Naver fell on Wednesday after the head of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party warned them against following the path of the country’s chaebol conglomerates by engaging in monopolistic behavior and ignoring the importance of market competition.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
South Korean chaebol heiress meets North Korean soldier after a paragliding accident takes her over the demilitarized zone.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2022
Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The entitled chaebol does not actually care about anyone else or even assign much value to human life.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The Samsung chaebol has deep ties to the South Korean government, so government officials reportedly arranged meetings between Samsung and LG (which is also a South Korean company) so LG could supply larger panels to Samsung to keep the giant competitive.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 14 July 2023
The Koo family is one of a few wealthy clans — along with the Lee family at Samsung, Hyundai’s Chung family and SK’s Chey family — who run the conglomerates known as chaebols that have dominated South Korea’s economy for decades.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Then along came the Korean chaebols led by Samsung, followed by smaller, nimbler Taiwanese manufacturers, who together toppled the Japanese giants, just as the Japanese had previously dethroned U.S. rivals such as Fairchild, RCA, Zenith, and Motorola.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2014
There was a popular Korean drama titled Super Rookie about a man who becomes a new employee at a chaebol company due to a computer error giving him full marks on his entrance exam.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 11 July 2023
Shares in Kakao and Naver fell on Wednesday after the head of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party warned them against following the path of the country’s chaebol conglomerates by engaging in monopolistic behavior and ignoring the importance of market competition.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
South Korean chaebol heiress meets North Korean soldier after a paragliding accident takes her over the demilitarized zone.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2022
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“Chaebol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaebol. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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