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Home  >  Korean Air • Law In Travel  >  A Family of Nuts: Korean Air CEO Indicted
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A Family of Nuts: Korean Air CEO Indicted

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 16, 2018 6 Comments

There are all sorts of jokes I can make about the Cho family in South Korea, the powerful chaebol that owns Korean Air. But this is no laughing matter.

South Korea has been conducting some “house cleaning” since a new administration took power last year promising to curb the power of the family-owned conglomerates that dominate the nation. Slowly, it seems, the dominoes are following across industries. Reuters reports:

A Seoul prosecutors’ office on Monday said Cho [Yang-ho] took 19.6 billion won ($17 million) commission from 2003 through 2018 by setting up a trading company to broker aircraft equipment and in-flight duty-free goods purchase deals for Korean Air, causing the same amount of loss to the airline.

It may seem like that is his prerogative as owner of the company. Indeed, these side deals routinely occur in business situations around the world. But he has a fiduciary duty to shareholders and now Cho is in trouble. And there’s this:

The 69-year-old is also accused of taking 152 billion won from the state insurance agency in medical care benefits by illegally running a pharmacy under a borrowed name.

Good news for Emily Cho, though, who on Monday was cleared of battery charges after allegedly throwing drinks at two colleagues during a meeting. The case was dropped because they declined to press charges.

Sister Heather Cho, at the heart of the famous nut-gate incident, has been focusing on the hotel side of the family business and stayed out of the public spotlight.

> Read More: Nutgate and Watergate 2.0: The Disgraced Sisters of Korean Air

CONCLUSION

I’m not so well-versed in Korean politics that I can say whether this is witch hunt or a valid use of governmental power to curb abuses. But it doesn’t sound good for the Cho family…

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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6 Comments

  1. Christian Reply
    October 16, 2018 at 11:13 am

    You say that he’s the owner but also mention shareholders. How can both be true? Do you mean that he’s a majority shareholder?

    • Matthew Reply
      October 16, 2018 at 1:09 pm

      You’re right Christian. My understanding is that he’s majority owner, not outright owner.

  2. ghostrider5408 Reply
    October 16, 2018 at 11:52 am

    I think partly witch hunt, some embarrassment of the family’s dealings with the public balance “socialism” coming to Korea.

  3. ghostrider5408 Reply
    October 16, 2018 at 11:55 am

    He is majority owner but if your a public company it’s not your piggy bank nor serfdom. Disclaimer I am a business owner myself with partners formally ExecVP of a large public company.

  4. Mike Lewis Reply
    October 16, 2018 at 2:30 pm

    Wow, and I was just bragging on their airline
    Service.

  5. Paolo Reply
    October 17, 2018 at 6:18 am

    These “chaebol” people are mostly crooks. They can’t seem to stop putting their hands in the tills; sometimes it’s through nepotism/cronyism, sometimes insider trading, others it’s just plain old fashioned theft.
    I’m no fan of anything ‘Saudi’, but there’s something to be said for rounding up the lot of them ,in detention, and politely asking them to repay the squillions they’ve stolen.
    This guy would be first cab off the rank.

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