SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 11: A South Korean foreign dealer at the Korea Exchange Bank checks the monitor in the dealing room of the bank's headquarters on December 11, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. One of the main South Korean presidential election campaign issues is the economy, as the chaebol, South Korea's business conglomerate, dominates the country's wealth while the economic life of middle class people has not been improving. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Lotte group chairman Shin Dong-Bin speaks during a press conference at the Lotte hotel in Seoul on August 11, 2015. The head of South Korea's retail and hotel giant Lotte Group vowed a sweeping reform with corporate governance, apologizing over a bitter family feud engufling the business conglomerate. The apology comes as the Lotte Group faces mounting attacks from news media and activists over its corporate governance and "greed". Squabbles for control of South Korea's family-run conglomerates, known as "chaebol", have long been staple plotline fare for the country's popular K-dramas, but the real-life Lotte dispute is setting new standards for in-fighting and intrigue. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
Hanwha Life Insurance Co.'s logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, May 31, 2013. South Korea's financial regulator said it will open a probe into possible illicit fund transfers after a media group reported it uncovered hundreds of people who opened paper companies in offshore havens. Tax authorities yesterday raided the life insurance unit of Hanwha Group. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Chung Mong Koo, chairman and chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., speaks during a new year company meeting at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, South Korea's largest automakers, forecast their weakest sales growth in ten years as a slump in demand in China and a stronger won cut their profit. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 11: Shoppers walk in the Myungdong shopping district on December 11, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. One of the main South Korean presidential election campaign issues is the economy, as the chaebol, South Korea's business conglomerate, dominates the country's wealth while the economic life of middle class people has not been improving. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
